dpkg-reconfigure debconf dpkg-reconfigure -p medium exim4-config
Example:
dpkg-reconfigure debconf dpkg-reconfigure -p medium exim4-config
-p, —priority:
Priority Description
low Very trivial items. Defaults will work in the vast majority of cases. medium Normal items that have reasonable defaults. high Items that don't have a reasonable default. critical Items that will probably break the system without user intervention.
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:24:33 -0500
> How do I find the list of packages reconfigurable with dpkg-reconfigure?
dpkg -C will show unpacked, but unconfigured packages.
John Fleming
> How do I find the list of packages reconfigurable with dpkg-reconfigure?
There is no such "list". You can assume that if a package runs you through configuration when you initially install it, that you can do it again.
Marc Wilson
> How do I find the list of packages reconfigurable with dpkg-reconfigure?
Basically every package that has a $PKGNAME.templates in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ (minus some that have no questions, just notes or the like) can be reconfigured by dpkg-reconfigure.
Either build your own system to use this or just take the "configure-debian" package.
Flo
Brian Nelson wrote:
> ( cd /var/lib/dpkg/info && ls *.config | sed 's/\.config$//' )
Thanks. That'll do it.
debconf-get-selections [--installer]
Output the current debconf database in a format understandable by debconf-set-selections.
To dump the debconf database of the debian-installer, from var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf, use the —installer parameter.
debconf-set-selections - insert new default values into the debconf database
debconf-set-selections file debconf-get-selections | ssh newhost debconf-set-selections
--verbose, -v
verbose output
--checkonly, -c
only check the input file format, do not save changes to database
debconf-set-selections can be used to pre-seed the debconf database with answers, or to change answers in the database. Each question will be marked as seen to prevent debconf from asking the question interac- tively.
Reads from a file if a filename is given, otherwise from stdin.
Only use this command to seed debconf values for packages that will be or are installed. Otherwise you can end up with values in the database for uninstalled packages that will not go away, or with worse problems involving shared values. It is recommended that this only be used to seed the database if the originating machine has an identical install.
The data is a series of lines. Lines beginning with a # character are comments. Blank lines are ignored. All other lines set the value of one question, and should contain four values, each separated by one character of whitespace.
The first value is the name of the package that owns the question. The second is the name of the question, the third value is the type of this question, and the fourth value (through the end of the line) is the value to use for the answer of the question.