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 debconf-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.

       This command is not the usual way that debconf is used. It's more typical for debconf to be used via
       dpkg-preconfigure(8) or dpkg-reconfigure(8).

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.

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

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

SEE ALSO

       debconf-devel(7), debconf(7)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

                                                   2022-02-20                                         DEBCONF(1)