Linux cli command deb-preinst

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NAME 🖥️ deb-preinst 🖥️

preinst - package pre-installation maintainer script

SYNOPSIS

DEBIAN/preinst

DESCRIPTION

A package can perform several pre-installation actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable preinst file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/preinst during package creation).

The script can be called in the following ways:

new-preinst install
Before the package is installed.

new-preinst install old-version new-version
Before a removed package is upgraded. The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.

new-preinst upgrade old-version new-version
Before the package is upgraded. The new-version is passed only since dpkg 1.18.5.

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

SEE ALSO

dpkg (1).

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