# debconf(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       debconf - run a debconf-using program

## SYNOPSIS
        debconf [options] command [args]

## DESCRIPTION
       Debconf is a configuration system for Debian packages. For a debconf overview and
       documentation for sysadmins, see [**debconf**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf/7/markdown) (in the debconf-doc package).

       The **debconf** program runs a program under debconf's control, setting it up to talk with
       debconf on stdio. The program's output is expected to be debconf protocol commands, and it is
       expected to read result codes on stdin. See [**debconf-devel**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf-devel/7/markdown) for details about the debconf
       protocol.

       The command to be run under debconf must be specified in a way that will let your PATH find
       it.

       This command is not the usual way that debconf is used. It's more typical for debconf to be
       used via [**dpkg-preconfigure**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-preconfigure/8/markdown) or [**dpkg-reconfigure**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-reconfigure/8/markdown).

## OPTIONS
### -o --owner=
           Tell debconf what package the command it is running is a part of. This is necessary to
           get ownership of registered questions right, and to support unregister and purge commands
           properly.

### -f --frontend=
           Select the frontend to use.

### -p --priority=
           Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed.

### --terse
           Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.

## EXAMPLES
       To debug a shell script that uses debconf, you might use:

        DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer debconf my-shell-prog

       Or, you might use this:

        debconf --frontend=readline sh -x my-shell-prog

## SEE ALSO
       [**debconf-devel**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf-devel/7/markdown), [**debconf**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf/7/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <<joeyh@debian.org>>



                                             2022-02-20                                   [DEBCONF(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DEBCONF/1/markdown)