DPKG-PRECONFIGURE(8cdebconf)

NAME

dpkg-preconfigure - let packages ask questions prior to their
installation

SYNOPSIS

dpkg-preconfigure [options] package.deb

dpkg-preconfigure --apt

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

-ftype, --frontend=type

Select the frontend to use.

-pvalue, --priority=value

Set the lowest priority of questions you are interested in. Any
questions with a priority below the selected priority will be
ignored and their default answers will be used.

--apt

Run in apt mode. It will expect to read a set of package filenames from stdin, rather than getting them as parameters. Typically this is used to make apt run dpkg-preconfigure on all packages before
they are installed. To do this, add something like this to
/etc/apt/apt.conf:

// Pre-configure all packages before
// they are installed.
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {

"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low";

};

-h, --help

Display usage help.

SEE ALSO

cdebconf(7)

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

HISTORY

This manpage was "borrowed" from debconf.

perl v5.10.1 Debconf DPKG-PRECONFIGURE(8cdebconf)