Usage: dpkg-trigger [<option>...] <trigger-name>
dpkg-trigger [<option>...] <command>
Commands:
--check-supported
Check if the running dpkg supports triggers.
-?, --help
Show this help message.
--version
Show the version.
Options:
--by-package=<package>
Override trigger awaiter package (normally set by dpkg).
--await
Package needs to await the processing.
--no-await
No package needs to await the processing.
--no-act
Print what would be done, but perform no action.
--admindir=<directory>
Change the database directory.
[default: /var/lib/dpkg]
--root=<directory>
Change the root directory.
[default: /]
Options (9)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--check-supported | Check if the running dpkg supports triggers. | help |
-?, --help | Show this help message. | help |
--version | Show the version. | help |
--by-package package | Override trigger awaiter (normally set by dpkg through the DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE environment variable of the maintainer scripts, naming the package to which the script belongs, and this will be… | help + man |
--await | This option does the inverse of --no-await. | help + man |
--no-await | This option arranges that the calling package T (if any) need not await the processing of this trigger; | help + man |
--no-act | Print what would be done, but perform no action. | help + man |
--admindir directory | Change the location of the dpkg database. | help + man |
--root directory | Set the root directory to directory, which sets the administrative directory to «directory/var/lib/dpkg». | help + man |
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0 | The requested action was successfully performed. |
1 | A check or assertion command returned false. |
2 | Fatal or unrecoverable error due to invalid command-line usage, or interactions with the system, such as accesses to the database, memory allocations, etc. |
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