---
name: "dh_installinitramfs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debhelper"
version: "13.24.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_installinitramfs"
---

# dh\_installinitramfs(1)

install initramfs hooks and setup maintscripts

## NAME

dh\_installinitramfs - install initramfs hooks and setup maintscripts

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_installinitramfs** \[**debhelper options**\] \[**-n**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dh\_installinitramfs** is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing Debian package provided initramfs hooks.

If **dh\_installinitramfs** installs or detects one or more initramfs hooks in the package, then it also automatically generates the noawait trigger **update-initframfs** command needed to interface with the Debian initramfs system.  This trigger is inserted into the packaging by [**dh\_installdeb**(1)](/dh_installdeb/1.md).

## FILES

- debian/*package*.initramfs-hook

  Assumed to be an initramfs hook that will be installed into *usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/package* in the package build directory. See **HOOK SCRIPTS** in [**initramfs-tools**(8)](/initramfs-tools/8.md) for more information about initramfs hooks.

## OPTIONS

- **-n**, **--no-scripts**

  Do not add the **update-initramfs** trigger even if it seems like the package might need it.  The option is called **--no-scripts** for historical reasons as **dh\_installinitramfs** would previously generate maintainer scripts that called **update-initramfs -u**.

  Use this option, if you need to interface with the **update-initramfs** system that is not satisfied by the noawait trigger (e.g. because you need the extra guarantees and head-aches of a await trigger).

## NOTES

Note that this command is not idempotent. [**dh\_prep**(1)](/dh_prep/1.md) should be called between invocations of this command. Otherwise, it may cause multiple instances of the same text to be added to triggers file.

## SEE ALSO

[**debhelper**(7)](/debhelper/7.md) [**update-initramfs**(8)](/update-initramfs/8.md) [**initramfs-tools**(8)](/initramfs-tools/8.md)

This program is a part of debhelper.

## AUTHOR

Niels Thykier \<niels@thykier.net\>