Is `dpkg-reconfigure --all` still available in 16.04?

Question

After upgrading to 16.04, I tried to use that command, but it seems that dpkg-reconfigure (or dpkg --reconfigure) doesn't understand the option --all.

Is it still available? If not, is there an equivalent command?

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '16 at 16:47

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Not equivalent, but probably what you are looking for if you want to be sure, everything is at least somehow configured:

dpkg --configure -a

answered Oct 03 '16 at 16:47

axm

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Doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04 – Ahmad Asjad Jun 05 '20 at 19:06

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 27 '17 at 15:02

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You can try this script:

(
    for i in `dpkg -l | grep '^ii' | awk '{print $2}'`; do
        echo $i; sudo dpkg-reconfigure $i;
    done
) 2>&1 | tee dpkg-reconfigure.log

It reconfigures all installed packages and saves the log to dpkg-reconfigure.log file.

edited Apr 27 '17 at 15:02

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answered Jan 04 '17 at 21:58

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This doesn't work if any of the packages have a full screen dialog pop up where you have to choose "Yes" or "No". The keyboard doesn't select the options. – Mike Sep 06 '22 at 23:38
@Mike, when you run `sudo dpkg-reconfigure` just for the package showing the screen dialog, does the keyboard work correctly that way? – Michal Fapso Sep 16 '22 at 20:06
Yes, it does... – Mike Sep 17 '22 at 06:02
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Thanks, @Mike. And when you try these: 1. `(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE)` when the command is enclosed in braces, or 2. `(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE) 2>&1`, or 3. `(sudo dpkg-reconfigure YOUR_PACKAGE) 2>&1 | tee dpkg-reconfigure.log`, which of those work and which don't? – Michal Fapso Sep 18 '22 at 07:05

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '16 at 20:29

No, dpkg-reconfigure on 16.04 (but also on 15.10) does not have the option --all any more, although it was present in 14.04 (not sure about 14.10).

You could have verified that yourself by checking the command's manpage:

man dpkg-reconfigure

On a 16.04 (or 15.10) system, this manual page will not list an --all argument, while on 14.04 one is present.

If you don't have those systems at hand, just read the online manpages: 16.04 - 15.10 - 14.04
(note for future readers: if one of the linked releases has reached end-of-life by the time you read this, the link will redirect to the latest release's manpage instead of showing the old, archived version)

Is `dpkg-reconfigure --all` still available in 16.04?

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