How To Install debconf on CentOS 8

debconf is Debian configuration management system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on CentOS 8.

What is `debconf`

Debconf is a configuration management system for Debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.

We can use yum or dnf to install debconf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf.

Install debconf on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install debconf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install debconf

Install debconf on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install debconf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install debconf

How To Uninstall debconf on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the debconf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove debconf

debconf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/debconf.conf
/usr/bin/debconf
/usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress
/usr/bin/debconf-communicate
/usr/bin/debconf-copydb
/usr/bin/debconf-escape
/usr/bin/debconf-set-selections
/usr/bin/debconf-show
/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure
/usr/share/debconf
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule.sh
/usr/share/debconf/debconf.conf
/usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl
/usr/share/debconf/frontend
/usr/share/debconf/transition_db.pl
/usr/share/doc/debconf
/usr/share/doc/debconf/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/debconf/EXAMPLES
/usr/share/doc/debconf/README
/usr/share/doc/debconf/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/debconf/README.LDAP
/usr/share/doc/debconf/README.translators
/usr/share/doc/debconf/TODO
/usr/share/doc/debconf/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/debconf
/usr/share/licenses/debconf/copyright
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-apt-progress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-communicate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-copydb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-escape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-set-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf-show.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/debconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dpkg-preconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/AutoSelect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Base.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Client
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/ConfModule.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Config.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Db.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Backup.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Cache.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Copy.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Debug.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/DirTree.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Directory.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/PackageDir.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Pipe.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Editor/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Noninteractive/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Teletype/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Multiselect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Note.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Password.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Progress.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Select.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/String.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Element/Web/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Encoding.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Format
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Format.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Format/822.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Editor.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Kde.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Noninteractive.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/ScreenSize.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Teletype.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Text.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/FrontEnd/Web.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Gettext.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Iterator.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Log.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Path.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Priority.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Question.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Template
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Template.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/Template/Transient.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debconf/TmpFile.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/DebConf
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/DebConf/Client
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Debian/DebConf/Client/ConfModule.pm
/usr/share/pixmaps/debian-logo.png
/var/cache/debconf
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
/var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat
/var/cache/debconf/templates.dat

References

debconf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.