DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1) Debhelper DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)
NAME
dh_installalternatives - install declarative alternative rules
SYNOPSIS
dh_installalternatives [debhelperoptions]
DESCRIPTION
dh_installalternatives is a debhelper program that is responsible for
parsing the declarative alternatives format and insert the relevant
maintscripts snippets to interface with update-alternatives(1)
FILES
debian/package.alternatives
An example of the format:
Name: editor
Link: /usr/bin/editor
Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic
Dependents:
/usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz editor.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz editor.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz editor.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/editor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz editor.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/editor.1.gz
Priority: 50
The fields Link, Name, Alternative, and Priority are mandatory and
correspond to the update-alternatives(1) --install parameters link,
name, path, and priority respectively.
The Dependents field is optional and consists of one or more lines.
Each non-empty line must contain exactly 3 space separated values
that match (in order) the values passed to the --slave parameter
for update-alternatives(1).
OPTIONS
-n, --no-scripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
13.2 2020-07-05 DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)