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<html> <head> <title>deb-postrm</title> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="deb-postrm"> </head> <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff" LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#0000ff" ALINK="#0000ff" TEXT="#000000"> <center> <h1><b>deb-postrm</b></h1></center> <PRE> <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-postrm">deb-postrm(5)</A></STRONG> dpkg suite <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-postrm">deb-postrm(5)</A></STRONG> NAME deb-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script SYNOPSIS postrm DESCRIPTION A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer scripts, by including an executable postrm file in its control archive (i.e. DEBIAN/postrm during package creation). The script can be called in the following ways: postrm remove After the package was removed. postrm purge After the package was purged. old-postrm upgrade new-version After the package was upgraded. new-postrm failed-upgrade old-version new-version If the above upgrade call fails. postrm disappear overwriter-package overwriter-version After all of the packages files have been replaced. new-postrm abort-install If preinst fails during install. new-postrm abort-install old-version new-version If preinst fails during upgrade of removed package. new-postrm abort-upgrade old-version new-version If preinst fails during upgrade. SEE ALSO <STRONG><A HREF="/man1/dpkg">dpkg(1)</A></STRONG>. 1.19.7 2022-05-25 <STRONG><A HREF="/man5/deb-postrm">deb-postrm(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>