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Re: debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang



kmfmu wrote:
> With my recent potato installation, when I install a package
> that requires debconf I get these errors: 
> 
> debconf: failed to initialize frontend: Slang
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog

You're not going to get that message unless you are using debconf from
unstable.

> but then I'm back to the shell prompt, no debconf screen.

Perfectly normal -- debconf had no questions to ask you.

Install libterm-stool-perl, from unstable, if you want the slang
frontend to work.

-- 
see shy jo



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