NAME¶
dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package
SYNOPSIS¶
dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages
DESCRIPTION¶
dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have already been
installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure. It will
ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first installed.
If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see
debconf-show(1) instead.
OPTIONS¶
- -ftype, --frontend=type
- Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be
permanently changed by:
dpkg-reconfigure debconf
Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the noninteractive
frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead, so you
actually get to reconfigure the package.
- -pvalue, --priority=value
- Specify the minimum priority of question that will be
displayed. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no
matter what your default priority is. See debconf(7) for a
list.
- --default-priority
- Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead
of forcing the priority to low.
- -a, --all
- Reconfigure all installed packages that use debconf.
Warning: this may take a long time.
- -u, --unseen-only
- By default, all questions are shown, even if they have
already been answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions
that have not yet been seen will be asked.
- --force
- Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the
package is in an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.
- --no-reload
- Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with
caution; this will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken
templates databases. However, it may be useful in constrained environments
where rewriting the templates database is expensive.
- -h, --help
- Display usage help.
SEE ALSO¶
debconf(7)
AUTHOR¶
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>