debconf-show (1) Linux Manual Page
debconf-show – query the debconf database
Synopsis
debconf-show packagename […] [–db=dbname]
debconf-show –listowners [–db=dbname]
debconf-show –listdbs
Description
debconf-show lets you query the debconf database in different ways.The most common use is “debconf-show packagename”, which displays all items in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their current values. Questions that have been asked already are prefixed with an ‘*’.
This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a package’s use of debconf.
Options
- –db=dbname
- Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.
- –listowners
- Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name.
- –listdbs
- Lists all available databases.