dh_installalternatives(1) — Linux manual page

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DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)         Debhelper        DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)

NAME top

       dh_installalternatives - install declarative alternative rules

SYNOPSIS top

       dh_installalternatives [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION top

       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)

FILES top

       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).

OPTIONS top

       -n, --no-scripts
           Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.

SEE ALSO top

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

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