NAME
apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract debconf config and templates from Debian packagesSYNOPSIS
apt-extracttemplates
[ -t=temporary_directory] filename...
{-v | --version} {-h | --help}
DESCRIPTION
apt-extracttemplates will take one or more Debian package files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the format: package version template-file config-script template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory specified by the -t or --tempdir (APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir) directory, with filenames of the form package.template.XXXXXX and package.config.XXXXXXOPTIONS
All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean options you can override the config file by using something like -f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations. -t, --tempdirTemporary directory in which to write
extracted debconf template files and config scripts. Configuration
Item: APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir
-h, --help
Show a short usage summary.
-v, --version
Show the program version.
-c, --config-file
Configuration File; Specify a configuration
file to use. The program will read the default configuration file and then
this configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the
default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
APT_CONFIG environment variable. See apt.conf(5) for syntax
information.
-o, --option
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an
arbitrary configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.
-o and --option can be used multiple times to set different
options.
SEE ALSO
apt.conf(5)DIAGNOSTICS
apt-extracttemplates returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.BUGS
APT bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1) command.AUTHORS
Jason Gunthorpe APT teamNOTES
- 1.
- APT bug page
| 27 March 2014 | APT 2.6.1 |