1 .TH DH_INSTALLDEB 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
3 dh_installdeb \- install files into the DEBIAN directory
6 .I "[debhelper options]"
8 dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
9 files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the
12 dh_installdeb automatically installs the following files from debian/ into
21 The postinst, preinst, postrm, and prerm are handled specially: If a
22 corresponding file named debian/script.debhelper exists, the contents of that
23 file are merged into the script as follows: If the script exists, then
24 anywhere in it that "#DEBHELPER#" appears, the text of the .debhelper file is
25 inserted. If the script does not exist, then a script is generated from
26 the .debhelper file. The .debhelper files are created by other debhelper
28 .BR dh_installmenu (1)
29 , and are shell script fragments.
31 If DH_COMPAT is set to 3 or higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a
32 package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so
33 there is no need to list them manually in package.conffiles.
39 for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
43 for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
47 Debian policy, version 3.0.1
49 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>