To dump the debconf database of the debianinstaller, from. 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. On the other hand, an automated installation using debianinstaller can adapt to the. How to install synaptic package manager in ubuntu linux dev. Automate postfix instalaltion with debconfsetselections.
Installing mysql with debconf learn how to install mysql 5. I tried to install docker on my raspbian install and accidentally broke aptget. It is developed for the debian gnulinux distribution, and is closely integrated with debians package management system, dpkg. Trying to collect preseeding entries for postfix unattended installation. While motivated to have my ubuntu kickstart working i found the resolution. Then debconfgetselections installer will provide the answers concerning. Apr 29, 2014 echo debconf debconffrontend select dialog debconfsetselections or by using. Getting tons of debconf messages is not a bad thing. What values from debconfgetselections should not be preseeded. The preseed example file provided by debian should be enought to start but you can find a lot of other preseed files provided by different people for different purposes on the same wiki page.
If you have worked on deploying packages via apt get, you are probably familiar with a couple of forms of interruption during the package installation and upgrade process. Silent package installation and debconf if you have worked on deploying packages via aptget, you are probably familiar with a couple of forms of interruption during the package installation and upgrade process. It is developed for the debian gnulinux distribution, and is closely integrated with debians package management system, dpkg when packages are being installed, debconf asks the user questions which determine the contents of the systemwide configuration files associated with that. How to install debconfutils on debian 8 jessie install debconfutils. I have a problem with debconfsetselections command. That install option for debconfgetselection does not work. The caller may also interact with the progress bar itself using the debconf protocol if it so desires. Apt simplifies the process of managing software on unixlike computer systems by automating the.
Do not work off a debconfgetselections installer generated g but get the values from it and modify the example preseed file with them. And if you have ubuntu unattended upgrades, you can make the confdef. For example, to reconfigure debconf with the dialog frontend, you simply run. The main way to discover all of the available preseeding options is to use debconfgetselections. Well cover install mysql noninteractively no prompts, useful for scripting installs. Id like to know in common how to use the results of debconf show with debconf set selections to precvonfigure deb packages with the command line or within a shell script. If you prefer using a gui to install apps in debian and debianbased systems ubuntu, mint, etc synaptic would make it worthwhile. Debian configuration management system cimplementation. Do not work off a debconfgetselections installer generated.
Apt get tutorial manage packages on ubuntudebian binarytides. 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. How to check debconf selections of a noninstalled package. This is a full preseed file that will install a ubuntu desktop. You can find all possible actions in the debian packaging manual. If i run aptget install or upgrade, i get the following error e. Its not very easy to find information on how to adjust debconf settings after a package has been installed and configured. You have searched for packages that names contain debconf in all suites, all sections, and all architectures. Were using an ubuntu server here, but this should work for debian as well. Im trying to find the available debconf configuration options which keyvalue pairs the package supports and if possible a description of each of some noninstalled packages, like ufw, but i havent found a way with debconf binaries to check them out. Installing iptablespersistent on ubuntu without manual. Output the current debconf database in a format understandable by debconfsetselections. Install manually the first time, then use debconfgetselections grep libdvdpkg to see what debian confirm uses. Ubuntu core developers mail archive please consider filing a bug or asking a question via launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.
Foobarwidget changed the title getting tons of debconf messages getting tons of debconf messages unless term is set to linux may 1, 2014. There is also a debconfgetselections, which is part of the debconfutils package, that displays the stored answers in the debconf database. Instead of purging all question of a particular package you can try. Its the easiest gui tool to install and remove software from your debianubuntu system. I am setting up a bash script to automate the building of a lamp environment. How to get list of installed packages on ubuntu debian linux. After that, put the result in a script and execute debconfsetselections before installing the package. For a debconf overview and documentation for sysadmins, see debconf7 in the debconfdoc package. Most of the information out there is for debian developers wanting to add support for debconf in their maintainer scripts i ran into the problem of being unable to change a packages configuration options through dpkgreconfigure and i found the following commands to do. Output the current debconf database in a format understandable by debconfset selections.
Use debconfshow or debconfgetselections to find out about valid debconf. How to use debcondf show results with debconfsetselections. Installation of postfix and dovecot mail server on ubuntu and postfix will. Reads from a file if a filename is given, otherwise from stdin. After postfix manual installation i use debconfgetselections like below but get zero output. Found 35 matching packages exact hits package debconf. Id like to know in common how to use the results of debconfshow with debconf set selections to precvonfigure deb packages with the command line or within a shell script. After i install percona server on my machine root password is located in several cache files. Performing an automated ubuntu install using preseeding. Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. I then saw that some people have suggested using debconfsetselections, and i tried looking into that i installed the debconfutils package and then ran debconfgetselections i then saw all the options there, but now im wondering if there is a way to use debconfsetselections without having to use a file that sets all of the settings. After postfix manual installation i use debconf get selections like below but get zero output. Enterpriseworkstationautoinstallpreseed ubuntu wiki. Automate postfix instalaltion with debconf set selections.
This will show the use of debconfsetselections and debconfgetselections to configure mysql setting that might normally be prompted for during installation. I am using debconfsetselections to set options before installing mysql, phpmyadmin, etc it works mainly great. You need to skip that and use just bare debconfgetselection to get the list for debconfsetselection. Do not work off a debconf get selections installer generated g but get the values from it and modify the example preseed file with them. I then saw that some people have suggested using debconf set selections, and i tried looking into that i installed the debconf utils package and then ran debconf get selections i then saw all the options there, but now im wondering if there is a way to use debconf set selections without having to use a file that sets all of the settings. Im currently trying to automate my postfix installation and most things work really. Then i can query the key names using debconfgetselections. This answer below suggests a possible solution that might work for ubuntu. Automating just exim4 configuration with debconfset. To dump the debconf database of the debianinstaller, from varloginstallercdebconf, use the installer parameter. How to list all installed packages using aptget command on ubuntu or. How to configure the mysql apt repo on ubuntu, on a noninteractive shell. Its the actual preseed we use, with some specifics removed. Installing iptablespersistent on ubuntu without manual input iptablespersistent no input.
This will show the use of debconf set selections and debconf get selections to configure mysql setting that might normally be prompted for during installation. Getting tons of debconf messages unless term is set to. Getting tons of debconf messages unless term is set to linux. How to preconfigure package using debconfset selections.
How to install synaptic package manager in ubuntu linux. This module uses programs provided by the debianubuntu debconf package. An alternative method is to do a manual installation and then, after rebooting, use the debconfgetselections from the debconfutils package to dump both the. But the problem is that i have to set an empty password for mysql and it still asks for the password during installation even with the lines typed before. 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. How to preconfigure package using debconfsetselections. Each question will be marked as seen to prevent debconf from asking the question interactively. Find out how to perform an automated ubuntu install using preseeding by learning the variables and settings necessary for a basic preseed configuration. Bruce byfield debconf is best known as an annual gathering of debian developers. The package debconf needs to be reinstalled, but i. Silent package installation and debconf fabian lee. In the rpm world, packages arent allowed to ask questions during installation, and there is no equivalent to debconf, and no equivalent to debconfgetselections.
This script is executed directly after installation, before shutdown. 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. Apr 30, 2015 installing mysql with debconf learn how to install mysql 5. Just as the conference is central to the social aspects of debian.
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