This file is indexed.

postinst is in octave 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.

This file is a maintainer script. It is executed when installing (*inst) or removing (*rm) the package.

The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.

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#!/bin/sh
#
# postinst script for the Debian GNU/Linux octave packages

set -e



rebuild_pkg_database () {
    # Invoke /usr/bin/octave explicitly to build the system package cache.
    # Ensures that our instance of octave has its package cache updated
    # correctly, rather than whichever octave happens to be first in $PATH.
    /usr/bin/octave --silent --no-history --no-init-file --no-window-system \
                    --eval "pkg ('rebuild');"
}

case "$1" in
    configure)
        rebuild_pkg_database
        ;;

    triggered)
        rebuild_pkg_database
        ;;
    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
        ;;
    *)
        echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        ;;
esac

exit 0