=head1 NAME
dpkg-preconfigure - let packages ask questions prior to their installation
=head1 SYNOPSIS
dpkg-preconfigure [options] package.deb
dpkg-preconfigure --apt
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<dpkg-preconfigure> lets packages ask questions before they are installed.
It operates on a set of debian packages, and all packages that use cdebconf
will have their config script run so they can examine the system and ask
questions.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
=item B<-f>I<type>, B<--frontend=>I<type>
Select the frontend to use.
=item B<-p>I<value>, B<--priority=>I<value>
Set the lowest priority of questions you are interested in. Any questions
with a priority below the selected priority will be ignored and their
default answers will be used.
=item B<--apt>
Run in apt mode. It will expect to read a set of package filenames from
stdin, rather than getting them as parameters. Typically this is used to
make apt run dpkg-preconfigure on all packages before they are installed.
To do this, add something like this to /etc/apt/apt.conf:
// Pre-configure all packages before
// they are installed.
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {
"dpkg-preconfigure --apt --priority=low";
};
=item B<-h>, B<--help>
Display usage help.
=back
=cut
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<cdebconf(7)>
=cut
=head1 AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
=cut
=head1 HISTORY
This manpage was "borrowed" from debconf.
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