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DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1) Debhelper DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)
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.
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13.2.1 2020-08-12 DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)
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