How to install dpkg-reconfigure?

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I want to install dpkg-reconfigure in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS install on Amazon EC2? How to go about it?

I needed to know that `dpkg-reconfigure` needs to be ran as root otherwise the command is not found — gloomy.penguin, Mar 14 '17 at 15:37

ish · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-13T13:30:53.530

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dpkg-reconfigure is provided by the debconf package, which should always be installed in any Ubuntu 12.04 install. If it's not, use:

sudo apt-get install debconf

In your case, you are running Amazon's AMI Linux which is based on CentOS, not Ubuntu. That's why apt-get or dpkg-reconfgure, which are native to Debian/Ubuntu, are not available on your EC2 instance.

edited Aug 13 '12 at 13:30

answered Aug 13 '12 at 12:40

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It is not installed and when I run your suggested I am getting the response `sudo: apt-get: command not found` – Gaurav Agarwal Aug 13 '12 at 12:46
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If `apt-get` is not available on an *Ubuntu* EC2 instance, you should open a ticket with Amazon Support... – ish Aug 13 '12 at 12:48
I have asked a related question here http://askubuntu.com/questions/175325/is-my-amazon-ec-2-running-amazon-linux-or-ubuntu – Gaurav Agarwal Aug 13 '12 at 13:25
Answered that and edited this one. You need to install an official Ubuntu AMI; Amazons is based on CentOS which is quite different as you're finding out. – ish Aug 13 '12 at 13:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '19 at 10:01

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If debconf is installed, it's located in /usr/sbin what might not be in your PATH variable.

answered May 04 '19 at 10:01

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '12 at 12:40

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Normally it's already installed in Ubuntu. But if you are using some customized version without dpkg, you should be able to install using the command

sudo apt-get install dpkg

answered Aug 13 '12 at 12:40

Thiago Harry

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You cannot do that; `dpkg` is needed for `apt-get` to work. – nanofarad Aug 13 '12 at 15:50

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 13 '13 at 12:57

On a fresh Kubuntu 12.10 install, you will need to install these additional packages:

ia32libs (¼ GiB!)
libc6-i386
lib32asound2
lib32z1
nspluginwrapper

If you forget one, and try to install the Receiver deb package, the package system will end up in sort of a limbo. In that case (only!), run:

$ sudo dpkg -r icaclient

To remove the half-installed Receiver and start over.

After installing the 64-but Citrix Receiver 12.1 (or any NPAPI plugin for that matter), you need to reconfigure nspluginwrapper:

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nspluginwrapper

This triggers the nspluginwrapper installer to look for new NPAPI plugins and link them into the various installed browsers in the correct manner.

Oops, this is actually an answer for this Q: http://askubuntu.com/questions/204312/citrix-receiver-on-ubuntu-12-10 ... I am unable to post it over there, because it requires site karma (reputation points) that I do not have. Could someone move the above answer to the correct question, so that Kubuntu users may also have their cup of Citrix Receiver? — svinkeaerinde, Feb 13 '13 at 12:58

How to install dpkg-reconfigure?

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