How To Install debconf on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on CentOS 7.
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 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf.
Install debconf on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install debconf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install debconf
Install debconf on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install debconf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install debconf
How To Uninstall debconf on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the debconf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove debconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
