NAME

       dh_installalternatives - install declarative alternative rules

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installalternatives [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installalternatives is a debhelper program that is responsible for parsing the
       declarative alternatives format and insert the relevant maintscripts snippets to interface
       with update-alternatives(1)

FILES

       debian/package.alternatives
           An example of the format:

               Name: editor
               Link: /usr/bin/editor
               Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic
               Dependents:
                 /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
                 /usr/share/man/fr/man1/editor.1.gz editor.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz
                 /usr/share/man/it/man1/editor.1.gz editor.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz
                 /usr/share/man/pl/man1/editor.1.gz editor.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz
                 /usr/share/man/ru/man1/editor.1.gz editor.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz
               Priority: 50

           The fields Link, Name, Alternative, and Priority are mandatory and correspond to the
           update-alternatives(1) --install parameters link, name, path, and priority
           respectively.

           The Dependents field is optional and consists of one or more lines. Each non-empty
           line must contain exactly 3 space separated values that match (in order) the values
           passed to the --slave parameter for update-alternatives(1).

OPTIONS

       -n, --no-scripts
           Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.