1 .TH DH_INSTALLDEBCONF 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
3 dh_installdebconf \- install debconf files into package build directories
6 .I "[debhelper options] [-n]"
8 dh_installdebconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
9 files used by the debconf package into package build directories.
11 It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed to
12 interface with debconf. See
14 for an explanation of how this works.
16 Files named debian/package.config and debian/package.templates are installed
17 into the DEBIAN directory in the package build directory.
19 For the first first binary package listed in the control file, you may use
20 debian/config and debian/templates instead.
22 Note that if you use debconf, your package probably needs to depend on it.
28 for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
31 Do not modify postrm script.
35 for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
37 Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k" should be called
38 between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
39 instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
44 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>