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.XXXXXX
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.
--audit
-
Show audit (and notice) messages. This overrides the quiet option, but only for notice messages, not progress ones.
-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.
--no-color, --color
-
Turn colors on or off. Colors are on by default on supported terminals for
apt(8)
and can also be disabled using the
NO_COLOR
or
APT_NO_COLOR
environment variables, or further configured by the
APT::Color
configuration option and scope, see
apt.conf(5)
for information on that.
SEE ALSO
apt.conf(5)
DIAGNOSTICS
apt-extracttemplates
returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
BUGS
m[blue]APT bug pagem[][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 team
-
NOTES
- 1.
-
APT bug page
-
https://bugs.debian.org/src:apt
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- SEE ALSO
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- DIAGNOSTICS
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- BUGS
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- AUTHORS
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- NOTES
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