How To Install oem-config-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-config-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is oem-config-debconf
oem-config-debconf is:
The oem-config script re-asks a number of questions that are normally asked during installation, and reconfigures the system accordingly. This allows a vendor to install a skeleton system, clone it onto a large number of machines, and ship it to end users, while still allowing end users to set up their own username and password, language, timezone, and so on.
This is a frontend to oem-config that simply arranges for questions to be asked using the normal debconf frontend.
There are three methods to install oem-config-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install oem-config-debconf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oem-config-debconf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oem-config-debconf
Install oem-config-debconf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oem-config-debconf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oem-config-debconf
Install oem-config-debconf Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install oem-config-debconf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oem-config-debconf
How To Uninstall oem-config-debconf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the oem-config-debconf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oem-config-debconf
Uninstall oem-config-debconf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oem-config-debconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oem-config-debconf
Remove oem-config-debconf Configurations and Data
To remove oem-config-debconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oem-config-debconf
Remove oem-config-debconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oem-config-debconf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oem-config-debconf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-config-debconf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
