deb-postinst(5) dpkg suite deb-postinst(5) (NAME) deb-postinst - (SYNOPSIS) DEBIAN/postinst (DESCRIPTION) postinst ( DEBIAN/postinst ) . : postinst configure old-version . postinst triggered "trigger-name..." . trigger-name . old-postinst abort-upgrade new-version prerm upgrade failed-upgrade . old-postinst abort-remove prerm remove . postinst abort-deconfigure in-favour new-package new-version [ removing old-package old-version ] prerm deconfigure in-favour . postinst abort-remove in-favour new-package new-version prerm remove in-favour . (SEE ALSO) dpkg(1). 1.23.7-dirty 2026-03-06 deb-postinst(5)