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.