apt-extracttemplates
Extract debconf templates from Debian packages.
TLDR
Extract debconf templates from packages
$ apt-extracttemplates [package.deb]
Extract to specific directory$ apt-extracttemplates -t [/tmp/templates] [package.deb]
Extract from multiple packages$ apt-extracttemplates [package1.deb] [package2.deb]
SYNOPSIS
apt-extracttemplates [-t tempdir] packages
DESCRIPTION
apt-extracttemplates extracts debconf templates and configuration scripts from Debian packages. It's used internally by APT during package installation to gather configuration information.For each package, it outputs four lines: package name, version, template filename, and config script filename. The extracted templates contain questions that debconf uses to configure packages during installation.
PARAMETERS
-t dir, --tempdir dir
Directory for extracted files-c file, --config-file file
Configuration file-o option
Set an arbitrary APT configuration option
CAVEATS
This is primarily an internal APT tool. Most users interact with debconf through frontend tools rather than directly extracting templates.
HISTORY
apt-extracttemplates is part of the APT package management infrastructure, supporting the debconf configuration system.
