“Learning about alpm-hooks(5) and alpm-install-scriptlet(5) files is helpful for package maintainers and end-users alike to better understand how system updates apply and what to do with data that is not owned by any package.”

devblog.archlinux.page · Arch Linux publishes guide on package scripts and hooks

“alpm-install-scriptlet(5) is a script file that may be contained in an alpm-package(7), but that is not installed to the target system. Instead, pre-defined functions from the script are executed by the package management system around the time of the respective package transaction.”

devblog.archlinux.page · Arch Linux publishes guide on package scripts and hooks

“alpm-hooks(5) are files in a declarative file format, that reside in well-known locations on the target system and that the package management system executes before and after the entirety of specific package transactions are handled.”

devblog.archlinux.page · Arch Linux publishes guide on package scripts and hooks