How To Install debconf-doc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-doc in Fedora 36. debconf-doc is Debconf documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-doc on Fedora 36.

What is debconf-doc

This package contains lots of additional documentation for Debconf, including the debconf user’s guide, documentation about using different backend databases via the /etc/debconf.conf file, and a developer’s guide to debconf.

We can use yum or dnf to install debconf-doc on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf-doc.

Install debconf-doc on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install debconf-doc

Install debconf-doc on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install debconf-doc

How To Uninstall debconf-doc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove debconf-doc

debconf-doc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/debconf.schema
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/hierarchy.txt
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/namespace.txt
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/passthrough.txt
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples/demo
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples/demo.templates
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples/tutorial
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples/tutorial-back
/usr/share/doc/debconf-doc/samples/tutorial.templates
/usr/share/licenses/debconf-doc
/usr/share/licenses/debconf-doc/copyright
/usr/share/man/de/man3/Debconf::Client::ConfModule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man3/confmodule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man5/debconf.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man7/debconf-devel.7.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man7/debconf.7.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man3/Debconf::Client::ConfModule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man3/confmodule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man5/debconf.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man7/debconf-devel.7.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man7/debconf.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/confmodule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/debconf.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/debconf-devel.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/debconf.7.gz
/usr/share/man/pt_BR/man3/confmodule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man3/Debconf::Client::ConfModule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man3/confmodule.3.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man5/debconf.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man7/debconf-devel.7.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man7/debconf.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-doc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).