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1 perry 1 DPKG-PRECONFIGURE
2 !!!DPKG-PRECONFIGURE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHOR
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 dpkg-preconfigure - let packages ask questions prior to their installation
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 dpkg-preconfigure [[options] package.deb
18 dpkg-preconfigure --apt
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 __dpkg-preconfigure__ lets packages ask questions before
23 they are installed. It operates on a set of debian packages,
24 and all packages that use debconf will have their config
25 script run so they can examine the system and ask
26 questions.
27 !!OPTIONS
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30 __-f__''type'',
31 __--frontend=__''type''
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34 Select the frontend to use.
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37 __-p__''value'',
38 __--priority=__''value''
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41 Set the lowest priority of questions you are interested in.
42 Any questions with a priority below the selected priority
43 will be ignored and their default answers will be
44 used.
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47 __--apt__
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50 Run in apt mode. It will expect to read a set of package
51 filenames from stdin, rather than getting them as
52 parameters. Typically this is used to make apt run
53 dpkg-preconfigure on all packages before they are installed.
54 To do this, add something like this to
55 /etc/apt/apt.conf:
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58 // Pre-configure all packages before
59 // they are installed.
60 DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {
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63 __-h__, __--help__
64
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66 Display usage help.
67 !!SEE ALSO
68
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70 debconf(8)
71 !!AUTHOR
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74 Joey Hess
75 ----
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