deb-postrm

deb-postrm(5)                     dpkg suite                     deb-postrm(5)

NAME
       deb-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script

SYNOPSIS
       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.

       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 upgrade of removed package.

       new-postrm abort-upgrade old-version new-version
              If preinst fails during upgrade.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1).

1.19.7                            2022-05-25                     deb-postrm(5)