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  <section id="maintainer-script-flowcharts">
<h1><span class="section-number">9. </span>Maintainer script flowcharts<a class="headerlink" href="#maintainer-script-flowcharts" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The flowcharts <a class="footnote-reference brackets" href="#id2" id="id1">1</a> included in this appendix use the following
conventions:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>maintainer scripts and their arguments are within boxes;</p></li>
<li><p>actions carried out external to the scripts are in italics; and</p></li>
<li><p>the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dpkg</span></code> status of the package at the end of the run are in bold
type.</p></li>
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<figure class="align-default" id="id3">
<img alt="Installing a package that was not previously installed" src="_images/debian-policy-install.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Installing a package that was not previously installed</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id3" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="align-default" id="id4">
<img alt="Installing a package that was previously removed, but not purged" src="_images/debian-policy-install-conffiles.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Installing a package that was previously removed, but not purged</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id4" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="align-default" id="id5">
<img alt="Upgrading a package" src="_images/debian-policy-upgrade.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Upgrading a package</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id5" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="align-default" id="id6">
<img alt="Removing a package" src="_images/debian-policy-remove.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Removing a package</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id6" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="align-default" id="id7">
<img alt="Purging a package previously removed" src="_images/debian-policy-purge.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Purging a package previously removed</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id7" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="align-default" id="id8">
<img alt="Removing and purging a package" src="_images/debian-policy-remove-purge.png" />
<figcaption>
<p><span class="caption-text">Removing and purging a package</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id8" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<dl class="footnote brackets">
<dt class="label" id="id2"><span class="brackets"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1">1</a></span></dt>
<dd><p>These flowcharts were originally created by Margarita Manterola for
the Debian Women project wiki.</p>
</dd>
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