1DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)          Debhelper         DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES(1)
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NAME

6       dh_installalternatives - install declarative alternative rules
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SYNOPSIS

9       dh_installalternatives [debhelper options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       dh_installalternatives is a debhelper program that is responsible for
13       parsing the declarative alternatives format and insert the relevant
14       maintscripts snippets to interface with update-alternatives(1)
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FILES

17       debian/package.alternatives
18           An example of the format:
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20               Name: editor
21               Link: /usr/bin/editor
22               Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic
23               Dependents:
24                 /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
25                 /usr/share/man/fr/man1/editor.1.gz editor.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz
26                 /usr/share/man/it/man1/editor.1.gz editor.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz
27                 /usr/share/man/pl/man1/editor.1.gz editor.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz
28                 /usr/share/man/ru/man1/editor.1.gz editor.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz
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31           The fields Link, Name, Alternative, and Priority are mandatory and
32           correspond to the update-alternatives(1) --install parameters link,
33           name, path, and priority respectively.
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35           The Dependents field is optional and consists of one or more lines.
36           Each non-empty line must contain exactly 3 space separated values
37           that match (in order) the values passed to the --slave parameter
38           for update-alternatives(1).
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OPTIONS

41       -n, --no-scripts
42           Do not modify postinst/postrm/prerm scripts.
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SEE ALSO

45       debhelper(7)
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47       This program is a part of debhelper.
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