How To Install debconf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on Rocky Linux 8. debconf is Debian configuration management system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install debconf.

Install debconf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install debconf

Install debconf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove debconf

debconf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/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

debconf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.