Manual: debconf

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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 

							 2026-02-16						  DEBCONF(1)