dpkg-reconfigure

NAME

dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package

SYNOPSIS

dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages

DESCRIPTION

dpkg-reconfigure reconfigures packages after they have already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure. It will ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first installed.

OPTIONS

"-ftype, Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently changed by: dpkg-reconfigure debconf Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package.
"-pvalue, Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your default priority is. See debconf(7) for a list.
"--default-priority" Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the priority to low.
"-a, Reconfigure all installed packages that use debconf. Warning: this may take a long time.
"-u, By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet been seen will be asked.
"--force" Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.
"--no-reload" Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with caution; this will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken templates databases. However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the templates database is expensive.
"-h, Display usage help.

SEE ALSO

debconf(7)

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>