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NAME

6       debconf - run a debconf-using program
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SYNOPSIS

9        debconf [options] command [args]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Debconf is a configuration system for Debian packages. For a debconf
13       overview and documentation for sysadmins, see debconf(7) (in the
14       debconf-doc package).
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16       The debconf program runs a program under debconf's control, setting it
17       up to talk with debconf on stdio. The program's output is expected to
18       be debconf protocol commands, and it is expected to read result codes
19       on stdin. See debconf-devel(7) for details about the debconf protocol.
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21       The command to be run under debconf must be specified in a way that
22       will let your PATH find it.
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24       This command is not the usual way that debconf is used. It's more
25       typical for debconf to be used via dpkg-preconfigure(8) or
26       dpkg-reconfigure(8).
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OPTIONS

29       -opackage, --owner=package
30           Tell debconf what package the command it is running is a part of.
31           This is necessary to get ownership of registered questions right,
32           and to support unregister and purge commands properly.
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34       -ftype, --frontend=type
35           Select the frontend to use.
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37       -pvalue, --priority=value
38           Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.
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41           Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.
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EXAMPLES

44       To debug a shell script that uses debconf, you might use:
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46        DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer debconf my-shell-prog
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SEE ALSO

53       debconf-devel(7), debconf(7)
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AUTHOR

56       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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