This file is indexed.

postinst is in octave 3.8.1-1ubuntu1.

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

# Automatically added by dh_installmenu
if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
	update-menus
fi
# End automatically added section
# Automatically added by dh_makeshlibs
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
	ldconfig
fi
# End automatically added section


rebuild_pkg_database () {
    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