DH_INSTALLMENU(1)

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version 14.5ubuntu1 · 12 versions
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💖 DH_INSTALLMENU 💖

okay bestie, so this is dh_installmenu — it lives in the debhelper crew (manual section 1, for the record 👑) and it's the one whose whole job is getting your Debian menu files where they belong. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

dh_installmenu — install Debian menu files into package build directories 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dh_installmenu [debhelper options] [-n]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

dh_installmenu is a debhelper program, and its whole personality is: it installs the files that the Debian menu package needs, straight into your package build directories. main character energy fr fr 💅

and it does NOT stop there, because it also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands you need in order to interface with the Debian menu package. those commands get inserted into your maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb(1). so it's giving teamwork, it's giving "I did the boring part for you" 🫶

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • debian/package.menu — your Debian menu files 💖 these get installed into usr/share/menu/package inside the package build directory. for the actual format, go look at menufile(5) — that's the blueprint, iykyk.
  • debian/package.menu-method — Debian menu method files ✨ these get installed into etc/menu-methods/package inside the package build directory. very niche, very slay.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -n, --no-scripts — do not modify postinst/postrm scripts. like, hands off, no touching 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

debhelper(7) update-menus(1) menufile(5)

this program is a part of debhelper.

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> — the icon who wrote it ⭐

that's the whole page bestie, you ate it 🎀💖✨

sign-off vibes: this was 14.5ubuntu1, dated 2026-09-21 — go forth and install those menus, queen 👑🌸🦋

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