postinst is in plymouth-theme-ubuntu-mate-text 18.04.11.
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.
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 | #!/bin/sh -e
# This script can be called in the following ways:
#
# After the package was installed:
#       <postinst> configure <old-version>
#
#
# If prerm fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade:
#       <old-postinst> abort-upgrade <new-version>
#
# If prerm fails during deconfiguration of a package:
#       <postinst> abort-deconfigure in-favour <new-package> <version>
#                  removing <old-package> <version>
#
# If prerm fails during replacement due to conflict:
#       <postinst> abort-remove in-favour <new-package> <version>
case "$1" in
    configure|triggered)
	update-alternatives \
		--install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/text.plymouth text.plymouth \
		/usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-mate-text/ubuntu-mate-text.plymouth 100
	if which update-initramfs >/dev/null 2>&1
	then
	    update-initramfs -u
	fi
	;;
    abort-upgrade|abort-deconfigure|abort-remove)
	;;
    *)
	echo "$0 called with unknown argument \`$1'" 1>&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac
exit 0
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