APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)NAMEapt-extracttemplates - Utility to extract DebConf config and templates
from Debian packages
SYNOPSIS
apt-extracttemplate [ -hv ] [ -t=temporary directory ] file...
DESCRIPTIONapt-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 template.XXXX and 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::ExtractTem‐
plates::TempDir.
-h
--help Show a short usage summary.
-v
--version
Show the program verison.
-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 configura‐
tion option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.
SEE ALSOapt.conf(5)DIAGNOSTICSapt-extracttemplates returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on
error.
BUGS
See the APT bug page <URL:http://bugs.debian.org/apt>. If you wish to
report a bug in APT, please see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt
or the bug(1) command.
AUTHOR
APT was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.
12 March 2001 APT-EXTRACTTEMPLATES(1)