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NAME
apt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract debconf config and templates
from Debian packages
SYNOPSIS
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.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
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 team
NOTES
1. APT bug page
https://bugs.debian.org/src:apt
APT 3.0.3 27 March 2014 APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATE(1)
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