DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8cdebconf)

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version 0.280ubuntu1 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🌸 NAME 🌸

dpkg-reconfigure — reconfigure a package that's already living on your system, bestie 💅

This one's from the cdebconf manual, just so you know who's talking.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so here's the vibe: dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they've already been installed. You just hand it the name of a package (or a whole lil squad of packages) and it goes to work on them.

It's basically the same effect as re-installing the package. fr fr. And the author literally said — and I'm quoting the manpage here — "I hope one day this will be called by dpkg --reconfigure". manifesting that for them 🙏✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -ftype, --frontend=type — pick which frontend you wanna use, queen 👑. The default frontend can be permanently changed by running:
dpkg-reconfigure cdebconf
Heads up tho: if you normally have cdebconf set to use the noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead — so you actually get to reconfigure the package and aren't just sitting there with zero UI like 😭
  • -pvalue, --priority=value — sets the minimum priority of the questions that'll actually be shown to you. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your default priority is. so yeah, it's not gatekeeping 🫶
  • --all — reconfigures all installed packages that use cdebconf. ⚠️ Warning: this may take a long time. like, go-make-a-snack long. don't say I didn't warn you 💀
  • -u, --unseen-only — by default, all questions are shown, even the ones you've already answered. (yes, all of them, every single time, no skips 😭) If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet been seen will be asked. iconic behavior honestly.
  • --force — forces dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an inconsistent or broken state. > Use with caution. this is main character energy but like, the risky kind 🙈
  • -h, --help — displays usage help. the classic. 💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • cdebconf(7)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> — the blueprint, the legend 🌈⭐

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

This manpage was "borrowed" from debconf. (their words, in quotes, not mine — we love a transparent queen 🎀)

and that's the whole page bestie!! go forth and reconfigure responsibly 💜

this lil masterpiece comes to you from Debconf, running on perl v5.40.1, under the manual name DPKG-RECONFIGURE(8cdebconf) 🦋✨ periodt.

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