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:

postrmremove

After the package was removed.

postrmpurge

After the package was purged.

old-postrmupgrade new-version

After the package was upgraded.

new-postrmfailed-upgrade old-version new-version

If the above upgrade call fails.

The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.

postrmdisappear overwriter-packageoverwriter-version

After all of the packages files have been replaced.

new-postrmabort-install

If preinst fails during install.

new-postrmabort-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-postrmabort-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).