1 .TH DH_INSTALLMENU 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
3 dh_installmenu \- install debian menu files into package build directories
6 .I "[debhelper options] [-n]"
8 dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
9 files used by the debian menu package into package build directories.
11 It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands needed to
12 interface with the debian menu package. See
14 for an explanation of how this works.
16 If a file named debian/package.menu exists, then it is installed into
17 usr/lib/menu/package in the package build directory. This is a debian menu
20 If a file named debian/package.menu-method exits, then it is installed into
21 etc/menu-methods/package in the package build directory. This is a debian
24 For the first first binary package listed in the control file, you may use
25 debian/menu and debian/menu-method instead.
31 for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
34 Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
38 for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
40 Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k" should be called
41 between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
42 instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
49 Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>