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debconf(1)


NAME

   debconf - run a debconf-using program

SYNOPSIS

    debconf [options] command [args]

DESCRIPTION

   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. The program's output is expected to
   be debconf protocol commands, and it is expected to read result codes
   on stdin. See debconf-devel(7) for details about the debconf protocol.

   The command to be run under debconf must be specified in a way that
   will let your PATH find it.

   This command is not the usual way that debconf is used. It's more
   typical for debconf to be used via dpkg-preconfigure(8) or
   dpkg-reconfigure(8).

OPTIONS

   -opackage, --owner=package
       Tell debconf what package the command it is running is a part of.
       This is necessary to get ownership of registered questions right,
       and to support unregister and purge commands properly.

   -ftype, --frontend=type
       Select the frontend to use.

   -pvalue, --priority=value
       Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.

   --terse
       Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.

EXAMPLES

   To debug a shell script that uses debconf, you might use:

    DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer debconf my-shell-prog

   Or, you might use this:

    debconf --frontend=readline sh -x my-shell-prog

SEE ALSO

   debconf-devel(7), debconf(7)

AUTHOR

   Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

                              2016-04-27                        DEBCONF(1)



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