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<html> <head> <title>deb-prerm</title> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="deb-prerm"> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" TEXT="#000000"> <center> <h1><b>deb-prerm</b></h1></center> <PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-prerm">deb-prerm(5)</A></STRONG> dpkg suite <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-prerm">deb-prerm(5)</A></STRONG> NAME deb-prerm - package pre-removal maintainer script SYNOPSIS prerm DESCRIPTION A package can perform several pre-removal actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable prerm file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/prerm during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: prerm remove Before the package is removed. old-prerm upgrade new-version Before an upgrade. new-prerm failed-upgrade old-version new-version If the above upgrade fails. prerm deconfigure in-favour new-package new-version [ removing old-package old-version ] Before package is deconfigured while dependency is replaced due to conflict. prerm remove in-favour new-package new-version Before the package is replaced due to conflict. SEE ALSO <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/dpkg">dpkg(1)</A></STRONG>. 1.19.7 2022-05-25 <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-prerm">deb-prerm(5)</A></STRONG></PRE> <center> <h6>Man Pages Copyright Respective Owners. Site Copyright (C) 1994 - 2025 <a href="http://www.he.net">Hurricane Electric</a>. All Rights Reserved.</h6></center> </body> </html>