---
name: "dh_gaim"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gaim-dev"
version: "1:2.0.0+beta5-10etch3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_gaim"
---

# dh\_gaim(1)

depend on the appropriate version of gaim

## NAME

dh\_gaim - depend on the appropriate version of gaim

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_gaim** \[*debhelper options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

dh\_gaim is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating  the ${misc:Depends} substutions that depend on the correct versions of gaim, and adding them to substvars files.

To use this program, make sure it is executed in debian/rules at some point during the build process (normally during the install), and make sure that your Depends: field in debian/control contains ${misc:Depends}.

## SEE ALSO

[*debhelper*(7)](/debhelper/7.md)

## AUTHOR

Written by Tollef Fog Heen \<tfheen@debian.org\>, based on various other dh\_\* commands written by Joey Hess \<joeyh@debian.org\>.