1DPKG-PRECONFIGURE(8)                Debconf               DPKG-PRECONFIGURE(8)
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NAME

6       dpkg-preconfigure - let packages ask questions prior to their
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SYNOPSIS

10        dpkg-preconfigure [options] package.deb
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DESCRIPTION

15       dpkg-preconfigure lets packages ask questions before they are
16       installed.  It operates on a set of debian packages, and all packages
17       that use debconf will have their config script run so they can examine
18       the system and ask questions.
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OPTIONS

21       -ftype, --frontend=type
22           Select the frontend to use.
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24       -pvalue, --priority=value
25           Set the lowest priority of questions you are interested in. Any
26           questions with a priority below the selected priority will be
27           ignored and their default answers will be used.
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29       --terse
30           Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.
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32       --apt
33           Run in apt mode. It will expect to read a set of package filenames
34           from stdin, rather than getting them as parameters. Typically this
35           is used to make apt run dpkg-preconfigure on all packages before
36           they are installed.  To do this, add something like this to
37           /etc/apt/apt.conf:
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39            // Pre-configure all packages before
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41            DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {
42                   "dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low";
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45       -h, --help
46           Display usage help.
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SEE ALSO

49       debconf(7)
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AUTHOR

52       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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