Linux "debconf" Command Line Options and Examples

run a debconf-using program

Debconf is a configuration system for Debian packages. For a debconf overview and documentation for sysadmins, see debconf(7) (in the debconf-doc package). The debconf program runs a program under debconf's control, setting it up to talk with debconf on stdio.

Usage:

debconf [options] command [args]

Command Line Options:

-opackage

Tell debconf what package the command it is running is a part of. This is necessary to get ownership of registered questionsright, and to support unregister and purge commands properly.


                            debconf -opackage ...

-ftype

Select the frontend to use.


                            debconf -ftype ...

-pvalue

Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.


                            debconf -pvalue ...

--terse

Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.EXAMPLESTo debug a shell script that uses debconf, you might use:DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer debconf my-shell-progOr, you might use this:debconf --frontend=readline sh -x my-shell-prog


                            debconf --terse ...