[parisc-linux] So what about debconf?

[Matt Taggart]

"Tobias Giesen" writes...

> Hello,
> 
> the other problem is even more puzzling for me: 
> 
> how do I get back into the text mode UI in order to select and install
> new packages? Somewhere in the archives it says "run debconf" but Debian
> did not install any executable file with that name.
> 
> Please, give me a hint! Currently, I'm just guessing package names and
> installing them using the apt-get command line ...

dpkg-reconfigure -plow foo

where foo is the package you want to reconfigure(-plow overrides the 
priority to low making sure it asks you all the questions). Read the man 
page for more details, in particular how to change the frontend(-ftype) and 
how to do all packages (--all).

To change your debconf preferences run

dpkg-reconfigure debconf

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Matt Taggart
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