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deb-triggers(5) dpkg suite deb-triggers(5)
deb-triggers - package triggers
debian/triggers, debian/binary-package.triggers, DEBIAN/triggers
A package declares its relationship to some trigger(s) by
including a triggers file in its control archive (i.e.
DEBIAN/triggers during package creation).
This file contains directives, one per line. Leading and trailing
whitespace and everything after the first # on any line will be
trimmed, and empty lines will be ignored.
The trigger control directives currently supported are:
interest trigger-name
interest-await trigger-name
interest-noawait trigger-name
Specifies that the package is interested in the named trigger.
All triggers in which a package is interested must be listed
using this directive in the triggers control file.
The “await” variants put the triggering package in
triggers-awaited state depending on how the trigger was
activated. The “noawait” variant does not put the triggering
packages in triggers-awaited state, even if the triggering
package declared an “await” activation (either with an
activate-await or activate directive, or by using the
dpkg-trigger --no-await command-line option). The “noawait”
variant should be used when the functionality provided by the
trigger is not crucial.
activate trigger-name
activate-await trigger-name
activate-noawait trigger-name
Arranges that changes to this package's state will activate
the specified trigger. The trigger will be activated at the
start of the following operations: unpack, configure, remove
(including for the benefit of a conflicting package), purge
and deconfigure.
The “await” variants only put the triggering package in
triggers-awaited state if the interest directive is also
“await”. The “noawait” variant never puts the triggering
packages in triggers-awaited state. The “noawait” variant
should be used when the functionality provided by the trigger
is not crucial.
If this package disappears during the unpacking of another
package the trigger will be activated when the disappearance
is noted towards the end of the unpack. Trigger processing,
and transition from triggers-awaited to installed, does not
cause activations. In the case of unpack, triggers mentioned
in both the old and new versions of the package will be
activated.
Unknown directives are an error which will prevent installation of
the package.
The “-noawait” variants should always be favored when possible
since triggering packages are not put in triggers-awaited state
and can thus be immediately configured without requiring the
processing of the trigger. If the triggering packages are
dependencies of other upgraded packages, it will avoid an early
trigger processing run and make it possible to run the trigger
only once as one of the last steps of the upgrade.
The “-noawait” variants are supported since dpkg 1.16.1, and will
lead to errors if used with an older dpkg.
The “-await” alias variants are supported since dpkg 1.17.21, and
will lead to errors if used with an older dpkg.
When a package provides an interest-noawait directive, any
activation will set the triggering package into “noawait” mode,
regardless of the awaiting mode requested by the activation
(either “await” or “noawait”). When a package provides an
interest or interest-await directive, any activation will set the
triggering package into “await” or “noawait“ depending on how it
was activated.
dpkg-trigger(1), dpkg(1),
/usr/local/share/doc/dpkg/spec/triggers.txt.
This page is part of the dpkg (Debian Package Manager) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/⟩. If you have a bug report
for this manual page, see
⟨http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=dpkg⟩. This
page was obtained from the project's upstream Git repository ⟨git
clone https://git.dpkg.org/git/dpkg/dpkg.git⟩ on 2025-08-11. (At
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1.22.19-74-gf1ca0 2025-05-18 deb-triggers(5)
Pages that refer to this page: dpkg-trigger(1), deb(5)
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