{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "debconf-show",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf-show/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-09-05T04:21:19Z",
    "synopsis": "debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]\ndebconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]\ndebconf-show --listdbs",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "debconf-show - query the debconf database\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]\ndebconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]\ndebconf-show --listdbs\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "debconf-show lets you query the debconf database in different ways.\n\nThe most common use is \"debconf-show packagename\", which displays all items in the debconf\ndatabase owned by a given package, and their current values.  Questions that have been asked\nalready are prefixed with an '*'.\n\nThis can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a\npackage's use of debconf.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--db=dbname\nSpecify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--listowners",
                    "content": "Lists  all  owners  of  questions  in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a\ndebian package name.\n",
                    "long": "--listowners"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--listdbs",
                    "content": "Lists all available databases.\n",
                    "long": "--listdbs"
                }
            ]
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> and Sylvain Ferriol\n\n2024-04-12                              DEBCONF-SHOW(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "debconf-show - query the debconf database",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--listowners",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--listdbs",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Lists all available databases."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}