Manual: dpkg-reconfigure

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NAME
       dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package

SYNOPSIS
	dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or
       packages to reconfigure. It will ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first installed.

       If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see debconf-show(1) instead.

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

	    dpkg-reconfigure debconf

	   Note	 that  if  you	normally  have debconf 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. See debconf(7) for a list.

       --terse
	   Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.

       --default-priority
	   Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the priority to low.

       -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.

       --no-reload
	   Prevent  dpkg-reconfigure  from  reloading  templates.  Use with caution; this will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from
	   repairing broken templates databases.  However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting	 the
	   templates database is expensive.

       -h, --help
	   Display usage help.

SEE ALSO
       debconf(7)

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess 

							 2026-02-16					 DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8)