NAME
apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages
SYNOPSIS
apt-extracttemplates [-hv] [-t=temporary directory] file...
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.XXXX
and
package.config.XXXX
OPTIONS
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, --tempdir
Temporary 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. See
apt.conf(5)
for syntax information.
-o, --option
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option. The syntax is
-o Foo::Bar=bar.
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
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APT team
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REFERENCES
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APT bug page
http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt