deb-preinst man page on Kali

deb-preinst man page on Kali

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deb-preinst(5)			  dpkg suite			deb-preinst(5)

NAME
       deb-preinst - package pre-installation maintainer script

SYNOPSIS
       preinst

DESCRIPTION
       A  package  can perform several pre-installation actions via maintainer
       scripts, by including an executable preinst file in its control archive
       (i.e. DEBIAN/preinst during package creation).

       The script can be called in the following ways:

       new-preinst install
	      Before the package is installed.

       new-preinst install old-version new-version
	      Before removed package is upgraded.

       new-preinst upgrade old-version new-version
	      Before the package is upgraded.

       old-preinst abort-upgrade new-version
	      If postrm fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade.

SEE ALSO
       dpkg(1).

1.19.0.4			  2017-11-02			deb-preinst(5)

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