Secure content distribution using untrusted servers kevin fu. Debconf16 took place in cape town, south africa and was attended by 280 participants from 30 countries. This will show the use of debconfsetselections and debconfgetselections to configure mysql setting that might normally be prompted for during installation. Getting tons of debconf messages unless term is set to. Bruce byfield debconf is best known as an annual gathering of debian developers. Trying to collect preseeding entries for postfix unattended installation. You can change how debconf interacts either with a similar line eg. Debian po files for debconf templates original files. Apr 30, 2015 installing mysql with debconf learn how to install mysql 5. But the debian project likes the name so much that it uses it give or take a capital c for the system used to configure debian packages.
If you are running debian, it is strongly suggested to use a package manager like aptitude or synaptic to download and install packages, instead of doing so manually via this website. These databases are used for storing two types of information. Download debconf packages for alpine, centos, debian, fedora, mageia, ubuntu. There is a rarelyused command named debconf, documented in debconf 1 debconf provides a consistent interface for configuring packages, allowing you to choose from several user interface frontends. The easiest way to create a preconfiguration file is to use the example file linked in section b. If the running program debconf later asks the database of answers debconf what is my frontend the answer will be frontend is noninteractive. This will show the use of debconf setselections and debconf getselections to configure mysql setting that might normally be prompted for during installation.
It has nothing to do with the interactivity of ssh or bash. An alternative method is to do a manual installation and then, after rebooting, use the debconf getselections from the debconf utils package to dump both the. Debconf is the annual conference for debian contributors and users interested in improving debian. How to preseed a packages debconf values when installed. Debconf utils download for linux deb, rpm download debconf utils linux packages for centos, debian, fedora, mageia, ubuntu. In my case it was using a different python with different settings than what was normally on my path.
Mar 21, 2002 all its saying is that debconf isnt going to do its trick of asking configuration questions for some packages before theyre installed because apt utils isnt present. This manual begins by explaining two new files that are added to debian packages that use debconf. Installing mysql with debconf learn how to install mysql 5. In a broken environment, you might get nothing at all. Instead, it will fall back to asking those questions after the packages have been unpacked.
How to preseed a packages debconf values when installed as a dependency. Central repositories are used to download the project git clone. Ive installed apt utils and libtermreadlineperlperl, and i still get the same batch of errors well, almost the same. See debconf devel7 for details about the debconf protocol. Ubuntu core developers mail archive please consider filing a bug or asking a question via launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly. It is developed for the debian gnulinux distribution. You have searched for packages that names contain debconf in all suites, all sections, and all architectures. Found 35 matching packages exact hits package debconf. How to install debconfutils ubuntu package on ubuntu 18. Debconf developers more information about aptget install advanced package tool, or apt, is a free software user interface that works with core libraries to handle the installation and removal of software on debian, ubuntu and other linux distributions. Quick install instructions of debconfutils on ubuntu server. To save you reading the specification which is in debian policy if youre interested, debconf is a backend database, with a frontend that talks to it and presents an interface to the user. Po files for debconf templates original files l10n language list ranking pot files errors hints for translators po files used for debconf templates.
Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. When apt utils is installed, the build is way slower, and since it is not the default i prefer not to install it. I thought there was a way to just make the warning go away without installing apt utils. Before translating, please read these guidelines even if you are familiar with gettext and po files, they contain specific stuff for providing localized files to debconf. The debconf program runs a program under debconf s control, setting it up to talk with debconf on stdio.
This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers. Information for leaving debconf18 debconf18leaving. After postfix manual installation i use debconf getselections like below but get zero output. Since the debconf package is in the base install, it makes sense for it to be as small as possible. Newest debconf questions feed subscribe to rss newest debconf questions feed to subscribe to this rss feed, copy and paste this url into your rss reader. The package debconf needs to be reinstalled, but i cant find an archive for it. Done the following extra packages will be installed. Raspbian jessie lite now available raspberry pi forums. Debian configuration management system cimplementation.
It hasnt existed since squeeze, it dropped gdialog in 2003, and debconf only supported gdialog for about three weeks in 1999 anyway. There is a rarelyused command named debconf, documented in debconf1 debconf provides a consistent interface for configuring packages, allowing you to choose from several user interface frontends. Previous debian conferences have featured speakers and attendees from all around the world. Just as the conference is central to the social aspects of debian. Introduction this is a guide to using debconf with your packages, aimed at a debian developer. Manipulation tools of choice are debconf setselections and debconf getselections provided by debpkg. I tried to install docker on my raspbian install and accidentally broke aptget. The programs output is expected to be debconf protocol commands, and it is expected to read result codes on stdin.