---
name: "linux-run-hooks"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "linux-base"
version: "4.12.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/linux-run-hooks"
---

# linux-run-hooks(1)

run package installation or removal hooks

## NAME

linux-run-hooks - run package installation or removal hooks

## SYNOPSIS

**linux-run-hooks image** *MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER IMAGE-PATH*\
                 **--** *MAINT-PARAMS* ...

**linux-run-hooks headers** *MAINT-SCRIPT KERNEL-VER*\
                 **--** *MAINT-PARAMS* ...

## DESCRPTION

**linux-run-hooks** is intended to be called from the maintainer scripts of Linux kernel image and headers packages.  It uses the **run-parts** command to execute hooks installed in the appropriate subdirectories of **/etc/kernel** and **/usr/share/kernel**.

The first argument is the package type; either **image** or **headers**.

The *MAINT-SCRIPT* argument must be the name of the maintainer script: **preinst**, **postinst**, **prerm**, or **postrm**.

The *KERNEL-VER* argument must be the kernel version string as shown by **uname -r** and used in filenames, not the package version.

The *IMAGE-PATH* argument must be the absolute filename of the kernel image.

The *MAINT-PARAMS* arguments must be the parameters received by the maintainer script.

## AUTHOR

**linux-run-hooks** and this manual page were written by Ben Hutchings as part of the Debian **linux-base** package.