deb-postrm(5) dpkg suite deb-postrm(5)
NAME
deb-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script
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.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1).
1.21.22 2023-05-11 deb-postrm(5)
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