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debconf - Configure a .deb package

New in version 1.6.

Synopsis

Configure a .deb package using debconf-set-selections. Or just query existing selections.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • debconf
  • debconf-utils

Options

parameter required default choices comments
name
 yes
    Name of package to configure.

    aliases: pkg
    question
    		 no
      A debconf configuration setting

      aliases: setting, selection
      unseen
      		 no
        Do not set 'seen' flag when pre-seeding
        value
        		 no
          Value to set the configuration to

          aliases: answer
          vtype
          		 no
          • string
          • password
          • boolean
          • select
          • multiselect
          • note
          • error
          • title
          • text
          The type of the value supplied

          Examples

          # Set default locale to fr_FR.UTF-8
debconf: name=locales question='locales/default_environment_locale' value=fr_FR.UTF-8 vtype='select'

# set to generate locales:
debconf: name=locales question='locales/locales_to_be_generated'  value='en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8' vtype='multiselect'

# Accept oracle license
debconf: name='oracle-java7-installer' question='shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1' value='true' vtype='select'

# Specifying package you can register/return the list of questions and current values
debconf: name='tzdata'

          Notes

          Note

          This module requires the command line debconf tools.

          Note

          A number of questions have to be answered (depending on the package). Use ‘debconf-show <package>’ on any Debian or derivative with the package installed to see questions/settings available.

          Note

          Some distros will always record tasks involving the setting of passwords as changed. This is due to debconf-get-selections masking passwords.

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