This file is indexed.

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

set -e



# Remove the packages database file
rm -f /usr/share/octave/octave_packages

# 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