Questions tagged [debconf]
Helper for package installations. It asks configuration questions when installing a package. If you see any prompt when managing packages is very likely that you are using debconf.
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How to fix debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog error w/Packer?
I am using the Packer vsphere-iso builder to build an Ubuntu-18.04 VM on vSphere with a shell provisioner, and when I run either of the following two commands:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-...
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Interactive Install of a deb file using software installer(snap-store) is not asking for the debconf options and uses default values in 20.04 & 22.04
I am trying to install a software with deb file using software installer(snap-store) from the GUI and it has some options to be selected during installing which uses debconf. While installing using ...
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How to automatically accept the Steam license for steamcmd?
I am installing steamcmd via a headless system and don't want to manually accept the license. Is that possible through debconf?
I tried this, but it detected that I did NOT accept the license:
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Does answering "no" on the "restart services during package upgrades without asking?" affect unattended-upgrades?
I answered no when doing interactive upgrade check on 18.04 and this came up:
There are services installed on your system which need to be restarted when certain libraries, such as libpam, libc, ...
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Unable to Install Openssh-Server on Ubuntu Server
I am trying to install OpenSSH-Server and receiving following error,
Unpacking openssh-server (from .../openssh-server_1%3a5.9p1-5ubuntu1.7_amd64.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 17: exec: /usr/...
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Error with dpkg debconf for every apt command
I don't know what happened before, but now I've got this kind of error in Ubuntu 14.04 on my notebook whenever I try to install any package/program though terminal or software center:
configuring ...
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Looking for info on debconf-set-selections/pre-configuration/pre-seeding specs format
The output of debconf-get-selection, once the comment and blank lines are filtered out, consists of records (i.e. rows) of 4 (or sometimes 3) whitespace-separated fields. For example1:
d-i ...
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Installing a Package that asks debconf questions doesn't work with the Software-Center
I am building an automatic configure Package for our environment and it has to ask a few debconf questions when installing. Until Ubuntu 13.10 it was no problem installing it via the GUI but since 14....
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Prevent grub-install from trying to update nvram when triggered by apt
On my machine running focal, grub-install fails if I don't pass it the --no-nvram flag. This is fine and I'm not looking for a way to fix that.
However, whenever apt updates my kernel or grub or ...
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Bash - Accept EULA in script non-interactively
I'm trying to build a singularity container for working with Microsoft Azure Kinect SDK. I need to install k4a-tools in a headless manner, but I can't figure out the right way to accept the EULA non-...
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Set Root Password During MariaDB 10.6 Install on Ubuntu Server 20.04
The last version of MariaDB I had installed on Ubuntu Server 20.04 was 10.3.32 through their own repositories.
I was using the following set of commands (as root):
apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https://...
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debconf-i18n depends on debconf (= 1.5.58ubuntu2); however: Version of debconf on system is 1.5.58ubuntu1
when I tried to install git in Ubuntu 16.04,
sudo apt-get install git
debconf-i18n : Depends: debconf (= 1.5.58ubuntu2) but 1.5.58ubuntu1 is to be installed
git : Depends: liberror-perl but it is ...
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See what debconf do to configuration files
Some packages will run debconf when you install them. Based on the input you enter in the dialogs, some configuration files will be change before installation ends.
How can I see what actions debconf ...
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DbDriver warning & error for trying connection PostgreSQL & onlyoffice
I'm trying to connect my PostgreSQL database with the Onlyoffice System on my Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS system.
I use the instruction from https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/installation/docs-community-...
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I cannot install anything with apt or apt-get
Whenever I try to install something on my ubuntu 22.4, it returns this error
root@lucie-Precision-Tower-3620:/home/lucie/Programs/perl-5.38.0# sudo apt install make
Reading package lists... Done
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Fixing grub-efi-amd64-signed error
apt upgrade on Ubuntu 22.04 failed with an error from grub-efi-amd64-signed.
mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: special device /dev/sda15 does not exist
/dev/sda15 does not and has never existed on this ...
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python2.7 package unmet dependency problem on Ubuntu
I am really new to ubuntu OS and I unknowingly may have modified some packages and ended up in python2.7-minimal, python-2.7-stdlib, python2.7-stdlibrary dependency problem.
I tried to recover it ...
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Unable to download debconf preconfiguration file
I'm using ipxe to network boot many machines. I do not wish to provide a debconf file specific to any single machine. To accomplish this ipxe is passing in many parameters into the installer to make ...
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Automating phpmyadmin installation
I am using the following commands to install phpmyadmin and the install is getting interrupted...
debconf-set-selections <<< "phpmyadmin phpmyadmin/debconfig-install boolean true"
debconf-...
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Debian package with System Requirements validation?
Is it possible to create, through the use of debconf, a package that validates the minimum system requirements to run the software? Is debconf pre-install config script the way to do it?
Thanks
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debconf window appears when I install a new software!
apps are not installing after Debconf window appears when download is complete & software gets ready to be installed in ubuntu software centre!
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Couldn't upgrade Ubuntu
After recover /var/lib/dpkg/status I couldn't upgrade my ubuntu system.
Log is here:
Preconfiguring packages ...
Setting up debconf (1.5.58ubuntu2) ...
Could not find platform independent libraries &...