How To Install debconf on Fedora 34
debconf is Debian configuration management system
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf.
Install debconf on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the debconf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debconf
debconf Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.