# apt-extracttemplates(1) - man - phpMan

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## 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/APT%3A%3AExtractTemplates%3A%3ATempDir/markdown)) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/APT%3A%3AExtractTemplates%3A%3ATempDir/markdown)

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

### -v --version
           Show the program version.

### -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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt.conf/5/markdown) for syntax information.

### -o --option
           Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option. The syntax
           is **-o** [**Foo::Bar](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Foo%3A%3ABar/markdown)=bar**.  **-o** and **--option** can be used multiple times to set different options.

## SEE ALSO
       [**apt.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt.conf/5/markdown)

## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/reportbug/1/markdown) command.

## AUTHORS
### Jason Gunthorpe

### APT team

## NOTES
        1. APT bug page
           <http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt>



APT 2.4.14                                  27 March 2014                     [APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE/1/markdown)