After upgrading to 16.04, I tried to use that command, but it seems that dpkg-reconfigure (or dpkg --reconfigure) doesn't understand the option --all.
Is it still available? If not, is there an equivalent command?
asked May 20, 2016 at 20:03
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Not equivalent, but probably what you are looking for if you want to be sure, everything is at least somehow configured:
dpkg --configure -a
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You can try this script:
(
for i in `dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | awk '{print $2}'`; do
echo $i; sudo dpkg-reconfigure $i;
done
) 2>&1 | tee dpkg-reconfigure.log
It reconfigures all installed packages and saves the log to dpkg-reconfigure.log file.
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This doesn't work if any of the packages have a full screen dialog pop up where you have to choose "Yes" or "No". The keyboard doesn't select the options.– MikeSep 6, 2022 at 23:38
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@Mike, when you run
sudo dpkg-reconfigurejust for the package showing the screen dialog, does the keyboard work correctly that way? Sep 16, 2022 at 20:06 -
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1Thanks, @Mike. And when you try these: 1.
(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE)when the command is enclosed in braces, or 2.(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE) 2>&1, or 3.(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE) 2>&1 | tee dpkg-reconfigure.log, which of those work and which don't? Sep 18, 2022 at 7:05
No, dpkg-reconfigure on 16.04 (but also on 15.10) does not have the option --all any more, although it was present in 14.04 (not sure about 14.10).
You could have verified that yourself by checking the command's manpage:
man dpkg-reconfigure
On a 16.04 (or 15.10) system, this manual page will not list an --all argument, while on 14.04 one is present.
If you don't have those systems at hand, just read the online manpages: 16.04 - 15.10 - 14.04
(note for future readers: if one of the linked releases has reached end-of-life by the time you read this, the link will redirect to the latest release's manpage instead of showing the old, archived version)
answered May 20, 2016 at 20:29
