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.IX Title "DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES 1"
.TH DH_INSTALLALTERNATIVES 1 "2021-03-06" "13.3.3~bpo10+1" "Debhelper"
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.SH "NAME"
dh_installalternatives \- install declarative alternative rules
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBdh_installalternatives\fR [\fIdebhelper options\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBdh_installalternatives\fR is a debhelper program that is responsible for
parsing the declarative alternatives format and insert the relevant
maintscripts snippets to interface with \fBupdate\-alternatives\fR\|(1)
.SH "FILES"
.IX Header "FILES"
.IP "debian/\fIpackage\fR.alternatives" 4
.IX Item "debian/package.alternatives"
An example of the format:
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.Vb 10
\&    Name: editor
\&    Link: /usr/bin/editor
\&    Alternative: /usr/bin/vim.basic
\&    Dependents:
\&      /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
\&      /usr/share/man/fr/man1/editor.1.gz editor.fr.1.gz /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz
\&      /usr/share/man/it/man1/editor.1.gz editor.it.1.gz /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz
\&      /usr/share/man/pl/man1/editor.1.gz editor.pl.1.gz /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz
\&      /usr/share/man/ru/man1/editor.1.gz editor.ru.1.gz /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz
\&    Priority: 50
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The fields \fBLink\fR, \fBName\fR, \fBAlternative\fR, and \fBPriority\fR are mandatory and correspond
to the \fBupdate\-alternatives\fR\|(1) \fB\-\-install\fR parameters \fBlink\fR, \fBname\fR, \fBpath\fR, and
\&\fBpriority\fR respectively.
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The \fBDependents\fR field is optional and consists of one or more lines. Each non-empty
line must contain exactly 3 space separated values that match (in order) the values passed
to the \fB\-\-slave\fR parameter for \fBupdate\-alternatives\fR\|(1).
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-scripts\fR" 4
.IX Item "-n, --no-scripts"
Do not modify \fIpostinst\fR/\fIpostrm\fR/\fIprerm\fR scripts.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBdebhelper\fR\|(7)
.PP
This program is a part of debhelper.