Author: | Brian Coca |
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New in version 1.6.
Configure a .deb package using debconf-set-selections. Or just query existing selections.
parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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name | yes | Name of package to configure. | ||
question | no | A debconf configuration setting | ||
unseen | no | Do not set 'seen' flag when pre-seeding | ||
value | no | Value to set the configuration to | ||
vtype | no |
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The type of the value supplied |
Note
Requires debconf
Note
Requires debconf-utils
# Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
debconf: name=locales question='locales/default_environment_locale' value=fr_FR.UTF-8 vtype='select'
# set to generate locales:
debconf: name=locales question='locales/locales_to_be_generated' value='en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8' vtype='multiselect'
# Accept oracle license
debconf: name='oracle-java7-installer' question='shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1' value='true' vtype='select'
# Specifying package you can register/return the list of questions and current values
debconf: name='tzdata'
Note
This module requires the command line debconf tools.
Note
A number of questions have to be answered (depending on the package). Use ‘debconf-show <package>’ on any Debian or derivative with the package installed to see questions/settings available.