deb-postrm
package post-removal maintainer script
- Provided by: dpkg-dev (Version: 1.23.7ubuntu1)
- Source: dpkg
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SYNOPSIS
DEBIAN/postrm
DESCRIPTION
A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable postrm file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/postrm during package creation).
The script can be called in the following ways:
- postrm remove
- After the package was removed.
- postrm purge
- After the package was purged.
- old-postrm upgrade new-version
- After the package was upgraded.
- new-postrm failed-upgrade old-version new-version
- If the above upgrade call fails.
The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.
- postrm disappear overwriter-package overwriter-version
- After all of the packages files have been replaced.
- new-postrm abort-install
- If preinst fails during install.
- new-postrm abort-install old-version new-version
- If preinst fails during install for an upgrade of a removed
package.
The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.
- new-postrm abort-upgrade old-version new-version
- If preinst fails during upgrade.
The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.