.TH DH_INSTALLDEBCONF 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_installdebconf \- install debconf files into package build directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_installdebconf
.I "[debhelper options] [-n]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_installdebconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing
files used by the debconf package into package build directories.
.P
It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed to 
interface with debconf. See 
.BR dh_installdeb (1)
for an explanation of how this works.
.P
Files named debian/package.config and debian/package.templates are installed
into the DEBIAN directory in the package build directory.
.P
For the first first binary package listed in the control file, you may use
debian/config and debian/templates instead.
.P
Note that if you use debconf, your package probably needs to depend on it.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B debhelper options
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B \-n, \--noscripts
Do not modify postrm script.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.SH NOTES
Note that this command is not idempotent. "dh_clean -k" should be called
between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple
instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.TP
.BR debhelper (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>