Re: apt-get debconf
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:29:00PM +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:08:56PM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote:
> > just a question, I couldn't find an answer, yet.
> >
> > If I use
> > apt-get install package_name ,
> > is this package automatically configured by debconf.
>
> If you're interested in whether a package depends on debconf prior to
> installing it either of
>
> dpkg -s <package name> | grep debconf
> apt-cache show <package name> | grep debconf
Probably 'dpkg -p' instead; 'dpkg -s' only shows minimal information for
packages that aren't installed yet, not including dependencies.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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