How To Install debconf-i18n on CentOS 8

debconf-i18n is Full internationalization support for debconf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-i18n on CentOS 8.

What is debconf-i18n

This package provides full internationalization for debconf, including translations into all available languages, support for using translated debconf templates, and support for proper display of multibyte character sets.

We can use yum or dnf to install debconf-i18n on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf-i18n.

Install debconf-i18n 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-i18n using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install debconf-i18n

Install debconf-i18n 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-i18n using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install debconf-i18n

How To Uninstall debconf-i18n on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the debconf-i18n package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove debconf-i18n

debconf-i18n Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/debconf-i18n
/usr/share/doc/debconf-i18n/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/debconf-i18n/changelog
/usr/share/doc/debconf-i18n/copyright
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/km/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tl/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/debconf.mo
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-apt-progress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-communicate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-copydb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-escape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-set-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf-show.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/debconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/dpkg-preconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-apt-progress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-communicate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-copydb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-escape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-set-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf-show.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/debconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/dpkg-preconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/debconf-communicate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man8/dpkg-preconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-apt-progress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-communicate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-copydb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-escape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-set-selections.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf-show.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/debconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/dpkg-preconfigure.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man8/dpkg-reconfigure.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-i18n on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.