NAME

       apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract debconf config and templates from Debian packages

SYNOPSIS

       apt-extracttemplates [-t=temporary_directory] filename... {-v | --version} {-h | --help}

DESCRIPTION

       apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary
       directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains
       config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the format:

       package version template-file config-script

       template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory specified by the -t or --tempdir
       (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir) directory, with filenames of the form package.template.XXXXXX and
       package.config.XXXXXX

OPTIONS

       All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the
       configuration option to set. For boolean options you can override the config file by using something like
       -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.

       -t, --tempdir
           Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files and config scripts.
           Configuration Item: APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir

       -h, --help
           Show a short usage summary.

       -v, --version
           Show the program version.

       --audit
           Show audit (and notice) messages. This overrides the quiet option, but only for notice messages, not
           progress ones.

       -c, --config-file
           Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The program will read the default
           configuration file and then this configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before
           the default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the APT_CONFIG environment variable.
           See apt.conf(5) for syntax information.

       -o, --option
           Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax is -o
           Foo::Bar=bar.  -o and --option can be used multiple times to set different options.

       --no-color, --color
           Turn colors on or off. Colors are on by default on supported terminals for apt(8) and can also be
           disabled using the NO_COLOR or APT_NO_COLOR environment variables, or further configured by the
           APT::Color configuration option and scope, see apt.conf(5) for information on that.

SEE ALSO

       apt.conf(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       apt-extracttemplates returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.

BUGS

       APT bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
       or the reportbug(1) command.

AUTHORS

       Jason Gunthorpe

       APT team

NOTES

        1. APT bug page
           https://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

APT 3.0.0                                         27 March 2014                           APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)