How to Install and Uninstall debconf Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "debconf" package

This is a short guide on how to install debconf on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                debconf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "debconf" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall debconf on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                debconf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the debconf package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: debconf
Version: 1.5.71+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 520
Maintainer: Debconf Developers
Architecture: all
Replaces: debconf-tiny
Provides: debconf-2.0
Pre-Depends: perl-base (>= 5.20.1-3~)
Recommends: apt-utils (>= 0.5.1), debconf-i18n
Suggests: debconf-doc, debconf-utils, whiptail | dialog, libterm-readline-gnu-perl, libgtk3-perl, libnet-ldap-perl, perl, debconf-kde-helper (>= 0.1+git20110702)
Conflicts: apt (<< 0.3.12.1), cdebconf (<< 0.96), debconf-tiny, debconf-utils (<< 1.3.22), dialog (<< 0.9b-20020814-1), menu (<= 2.1.3-1), whiptail (<< 0.51.4-11), whiptail-utf8 (<= 0.50.17-13)
Breaks: apt-listchanges (<< 3.14), ubiquity (<< 17.10.2), update-notifier-common (<< 3.187~)
Description: Debian configuration management system
Description-md5: 85b82bf406dfc9a635114f44ab7fb66d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline,
interface::graphical, interface::text-mode, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, uitoolkit::TODO,
uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::ncurses, uitoolkit::qt, use::configuring,
x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/d/debconf/debconf_1.5.71+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 144988
MD5sum: 61b2c3724a99ca490942e1da2c1aee9f
SHA256: 768387e57225fdc33ac24e94da8437303e0d52730a22bf38e4bbfa88ef5b6024