dh_installalternatives - install declarative alternative rules
dh_installalternatives [
debhelper options]
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)
- 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).
-
-n, --no-scripts
- Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm
scripts.
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.