How to Install and Uninstall debconf Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "debconf" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install debconf on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall debconf on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: debconf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.73
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debconf Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 520
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~)
Replaces: debconf-tiny
Filename: pool/main/d/debconf/debconf_1.5.73_all.deb
Size: 121524
MD5sum: 7679138bdfa4b38eaf8489a18010e81f
SHA1: 353bae74cf43beea36b4d1f97f1d9d845235effe
SHA256: 7d639ffea1be8e8f5859ca94a0a09b1e4664d10af421c748b4163b08db515990
Description: Debian configuration management system
Description-md5: 85b82bf406dfc9a635114f44ab7fb66d
Task: minimal