.TH DH_INSTALLDEB 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands" .SH NAME dh_installdeb \- install files into the DEBIAN directory .SH SYNOPSIS .B dh_installdeb .I "[debhelper options]" .SH "DESCRIPTION" dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files into the DEBIAN directory in package build directories with the correct permissions. .P dh_installdeb automatically installs the following files from debian/ into the DEBIAN directory: postinst preinst postrm prerm shlibs conffiles .P (For packages other than the first binary package listed in debian/control, you must prefix these filenames with then name of the "package.", for example, "foo.postinst". You can also prefix the filenames the same way for the first binary package, for consitency.) .P The files postinst, preinst, postrm, and prerm are handled specially: If a corresponding file named debian/script.debhelper exists, the contents of that file are merged into the script as follows: If the script exists, then anywhere in it that "#DEBHELPER#" appears, the text of the .debhelper file is inserted. If the script does not exist, then a script is generated from the .debhelper file. The .debhelper files are created by other debhelper programs, such as .BR dh_installmenu (1) , and are shell script fragments. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B debhelper options See .BR debhelper (1) for a list of options common to all debhelper commands. .SH ENVIRONMENT See .BR debhelper (1) for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR debhelper (1) .SH "CONFORMS TO" Debian policy, version 2.5.0.0 .SH AUTHOR Joey Hess