NAME

       linux-run-hooks - run package installation or removal hooks

SYNOPSIS

       linux-run-hooks image MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER IMAGE-PATH
                       -- MAINT-PARAMS ...

       linux-run-hooks headers MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER
                       -- MAINT-PARAMS ...

DESCRPTION

       linux-run-hooks  is  intended  to be called from the maintainer scripts of Linux kernel image and headers
       packages.  It uses the run-parts command to execute hooks installed in the appropriate subdirectories  of
       /etc/kernel and /usr/share/kernel.

       Each  maintainer  script  in  a kernel image package should call this command with its script type as the
       first argument.  The postinst script in a headers package should call it  with  headers_postinst  as  the
       first argument.

       The MAINT-SCRIPT argument must be the name of the maintainer script: preinst, postinst, prerm, or postrm.

       The KERNEL-VER argument must be the kernel version string as shown by uname -r and used in filenames, not
       the package version.

       The IMAGE-PATH argument must be the absolute filename of the kernel image.

       The MAINT-PARAMS arguments must be the parameters received by the maintainer script.

AUTHOR

       linux-run-hooks  and  this  manual  page  were  written by Ben Hutchings as part of the Debian linux-base
       package.

                                                   3 May 2025                                 LINUX-RUN-HOOKS(1)