This file is indexed.

prerm is in octave3.2 3.2.4-12.

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 -e
#
# prerm script for the Debian GNU/Linux octave package
#
# Written by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>



# The current Octave version, known to debian/rules at build time
VERSION=3.2.4

case "$1" in
    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
	#
	# remove the /usr/local package, if we may
	if [ -w /usr/local/share/octave/site-m ]
	then
	    rmdir /usr/local/share/octave/site-m 2>/dev/null || true
	    rmdir /usr/local/share/octave        2>/dev/null || true
	fi
	#
	# This is for old installations of the octave package
	if [ -f /usr/share/octave/ls-R ]
	then
	    rm -f /usr/share/octave/ls-R
	fi
	#
	# update-alternatives for multiple Octave versions
	for f in octave octave-bug ; do
		update-alternatives --remove $f /usr/bin/$f-$VERSION
	done

	;;
    failed-upgrade)
	;;
    *)
        echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        exit 0
    ;;
esac