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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 deb‐
        conf-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.

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.

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
        debconf-devel(7), debconf(7)

AUTHOR

        Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
 
                                   2007-10-01                        DEBCONF(1)