DH_UBUNTU_DEFAULTS(1)

💖 DH_UBUNTU_DEFAULTS 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

dh_ubuntu_defaults — build defaults customization package 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dh_ubuntu_defaults [debhelper options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. ubuntu-defaults-builder is the thing that lets you easily create a "default settings" package for Ubuntu, no cap. The ubuntu-defaults-template script will generate a whole source package for you with all the customizable settings inside it (think stuff like desktop/background.jpg and webbrowser/bookmarks-menu.txt). And then — when it gets built and installed — it takes all the necessary actions to modify the system-wide defaults for desktops, programs, etc. iconic behaviour honestly 💅

the main purpose of all this? providing a standard and safe way to create localized Ubuntu images, or OEM custom projects. that's the whole vibe. ✨

dh_ubuntu_defaults is a debhelper program, and she implements the main logic of these defaults packages. basically she converts the simple configuration files from the defaults source package into the configuration file format that the target applications and desktop environments actually use, and she adds the corresponding maintainer script code like file diversions. she's doing the most, and we love her for it 🫶

🚨 lowkey important: it is usually not necessary to know about or deal with this program manually. like, she's not the main character you interact with directly.

the intended mode of operation is: call ubuntu-defaults-template to create a skeleton source package (which will call dh_ubuntu_defaults for you, she's got it), and then customize the example configuration files. that's it. that's the workflow. periodt. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ubuntu-defaults-template(1)
• debhelper(1)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> 💜

Copyright (C) 2011 Canonical Ltd., licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or later.

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