diff --git a/AMDiS/postrm.in b/AMDiS/postrm.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..49a9ce70a3de1be69b1b3a517a46e657c5405f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AMDiS/postrm.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if test "$1" = "upgrade" ; then 
+  exit 0
+fi
+NEWDIRS_SEMI="@deb_add_dirs@"
+NEWDIRS=`echo ${NEWDIRS_SEMI} | sed 's/;/ /g'`
+BASEDIR=@CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+#echo "will create the remove directories:"
+for d in ${NEWDIRS}; do
+#  echo "${BASEDIR}${d}"
+   rm -r ${BASEDIR}${d} > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+done
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/AMDiS/preinst.in b/AMDiS/preinst.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d38fefe96d41ed9530dd89bdd735cd294cb5fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AMDiS/preinst.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+NEWDIRS_SEMI="@deb_add_dirs@"
+NEWDIRS=`echo ${NEWDIRS_SEMI} | sed 's/;/ /g'`
+BASEDIR=@CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+#echo "will create the following directories:"
+for d in ${NEWDIRS}; do
+#  echo "${BASEDIR}${d}"
+  mkdir --parents ${BASEDIR}${d}
+done
+