DH_UBUNTU_DEFAULTS(1)

NAME
dh_ubuntu_defaults - build defaults customization package

SYNOPSIS
dh_ubuntu_defaults [debhelper options]

DESCRIPTION
ubuntu-defaults-builder allows you to easily create a "default settings" package for Ubuntu. The ubuntu-defaults-template script will generate a source package with the customizable settings (e. g. desktop/background.jpg and webbrowser/bookmarks-menu.txt). When built and installed, it will take the necessary actions to modify the system-wide defaults for desktops, programs, etc.

The main purpose for this is to provide a standard and safe way to create localized Ubuntu images, or OEM custom projects.

dh_ubuntu_defaults is a debhelper program which implements the main logic of these defaults packages by converting the simple configuration files from the defaults source package into the configuration file format used by the target applications and desktop environments, and adding the corresponding maintainer script code like file diversions.

It is usually not necessary to know about or deal with this program manually. The intended mode of operation is to call ubuntu-defaults-template to create a skeleton source package (which will call dh_ubuntu_defaults), and then customize the example configuration files.

SEE ALSO
ubuntu-defaults-template(1), debhelper(1)

AUTHOR
Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>

Copyright (C) 2011 Canonical Ltd., licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or later.