Re: Accessibility of dpkg using espeakup

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 12/19/2017 8:12 AM, john doe wrote:
> On 12/19/2017 6:29 AM, john doe wrote:
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > On 12/19/2017 1:31 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > john doe, on lun. 18 déc. 2017 11:55:05 +0100, wrote:
> > > > When I install or reconfigure packages 'dpkg'* is used.
> > > >
> > > > Most of the prompts are to be used based on colors, for instance, to 
> > > > select
> > > > Yes/no.
> > > >
> > > > Some examples of the commands that triggered this:
> > > >
> > > > dpkg-reconfigure tzdata/locales
> > > > apt-get install resolvconf/ddclient
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to get those prompts fully accessible using espeakup?
> > >
> > > You can try to run dpkg-reconfigure debconf, which should propose you to
> > > use the readline interface, which is the same as used in the accessible
> > > debian installer.
> > >
> > > It's odd that nobody thought about asking about this before.
> >
> > Thanks for this -- works like a charm!
> >
> > Is there a way to do the same per command invocation or per session?
> > So settings are not change permanently.
>
> debconf(1) could be what I'm looking for!

The following does what I want! :)

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline <COMMAND>

Thanks again, Samuel.

--
John Doe