LINUX-RUN-HOOKS(1) General Commands Manual LINUX-RUN-HOOKS(1)
NAME
linux-run-hooks - run package installation or removal hooks
SYNOPSIS
linux-run-hooks image MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER IMAGE-PATH
-- MAINT-PARAMS ...
linux-run-hooks headers MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER
-- MAINT-PARAMS ...
DESCRPTION
linux-run-hooks is intended to be called from the maintainer scripts of
Linux kernel image and headers packages. It uses the run-parts command
to execute hooks installed in the appropriate subdirectories of
/etc/kernel and /usr/share/kernel.
The first argument is the package type; either image or headers.
The MAINT-SCRIPT argument must be the name of the maintainer script:
preinst, postinst, prerm, or postrm.
The KERNEL-VER argument must be the kernel version string as shown by
uname -r and used in filenames, not the package version.
The IMAGE-PATH argument must be the absolute filename of the kernel im-
age.
The MAINT-PARAMS arguments must be the parameters received by the main-
tainer script.
AUTHOR
linux-run-hooks and this manual page were written by Ben Hutchings as
part of the Debian linux-base package.
3 May 2025 LINUX-RUN-HOOKS(1)
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