# debconf-show - query the debconf database - man(1) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       debconf-show - query the debconf database

## SYNOPSIS
        debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]
        debconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]
        debconf-show --listdbs

## DESCRIPTION
       **debconf-show **lets you query the debconf database in different ways.

       The most common use is "debconf-show packagename", which displays all items in the debconf
       database owned by a given package, and their current values.  Questions that have been asked
       already are prefixed with an '*'.

       This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a
       package's use of debconf.

## OPTIONS
       **--db=_**dbname_
           Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.

### --listowners
           Lists  all  owners  of  questions  in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a
           debian package name.

### --listdbs
           Lists all available databases.

## AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <<joeyh@debian.org>> and Sylvain Ferriol

                                             2024-04-12                              [_DEBCONF-SHOW_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DEBCONF-SHOW/1/markdown)