DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8cdebconf)

NAME

dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package

dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages

dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure.

This has the same effect as re-installing the package, basically. I
hope one day this will be called by dpkg --reconfigure

-ftype, --frontend=type: Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently changed by:

dpkg-reconfigure cdebconf; Note that if you normally have cdebconf set to use the
noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog
frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package.
-pvalue, --priority=value: Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.
dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter
what your default priority is.
--all: Reconfigure all installed packages that use cdebconf. Warning: this may take a long time.
-u, --unseen-only: By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet been seen will be asked.
--force: Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.
-h, --help: Display usage help.

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

This manpage was "borrowed" from debconf.