---
name: "dh_pysupport"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-support"
version: "1.0.15"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_pysupport"
---

# dh\_pysupport(1)

use the python-support framework to handle Python modules

## NAME

dh\_pysupport - use the python-support framework to handle Python modules

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_pysupport** \[*debhelper options*\] \[-V *X.Y*\] \[-X *item* \[...\]\] \[-n\] \[*module dirs ...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

dh\_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public modules in */usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages*, and move them to  the shared Python modules location. It will generate appropriate postinst/prerm scripts to byte-compile modules installed there for all available python versions.

It will also look for private Python modules and will byte-compile them with the current Python version. You may have to list the directories containing private Python modules.

If a file named *debian/pyversions* exists, it is used to determine the python versions with which the package can work.

Appropriate dependencies on python-support, python and python*X.Y* are put in ${python:Depends}.  The ${python:Versions} and ${python:Provides}  optional substitution variables are made available as well.

## OPTIONS

- *module dirs*

  If your package installs private python modules in non-standard directories, you can make dh\_pysupport check those directories by passing their names on the command line. By default, it will check /usr/lib/$PACKAGE, /usr/share/$PACKAGE, /usr/lib/games/$PACKAGE and /usr/share/games/$PACKAGE

- **-n**, **--noscripts**

  Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.

- **-d**

  This option is deprecated.

- **-V** *X.Y*

  Force private modules to be bytecompiled with the specific *X.Y* python version, regardless of the default python version on the system.

- **-X** *item*, **--exclude=***item*

  Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being taken into account to generate the python dependency. It also excludes  them from byte-compilation. You may use this option multiple times to  build up a list of things to exclude.

## CONFORMS TO

Python policy as of 2006-08-10

## SEE ALSO

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

This program is a part of python-support but is made to work with debhelper.

## AUTHORS

Josselin Mouette \<joss@debian.org\>, Raphael Hertzog \<hertzog@debian.org\>