How to Install and Uninstall debconf Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "debconf" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install debconf on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall debconf on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: debconf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.5.74
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: 518
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_1.5.74_all.deb
Size: 121400
MD5sum: b350d1a011a7ffe7924998e8e25921ec
SHA1: 1ffbfca2208071898dd3e16c9956b2a0ff53365c
SHA256: ed97256f0bbe4ce38ebfa9474c0779636e6d26f5e17d9e4f60475632a05b1d51
SHA512: 1c9060ec0843ba4448b87235da4b826b0b4b13e90be848e71eb584392e942acca84556ca7e89a00dd17d95053c58b0e9558410c9354267f7cf14ec1595d25800
Description-en: Debian configuration management system
Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages
use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.
Description-md5: 85b82bf406dfc9a635114f44ab7fb66d
Task: minimal