dpkg-preconfigure(8)

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 debconf 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.

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

   --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

   debconf(7)

AUTHOR

   Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

                              2016-04-27              DPKG-PRECONFIGURE(8)

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