Glenn Becker wrote: > 1) when I run command debconf as root (or non), I get command not found > 2) when I run man debconf, the system grinds for a bit, spits out some of > those 'dangling symlink' man page warnings, and finally says there is no > man page for debconf. HOWEVER > > 3) when I apt-get install debconf, the system tells me that debconf is > already the most recent version, and > 4) if I try to apt-get remove debconf, I'm told a giant slew of packages > are *ALSO* gonna be deleted. > 5) update-alternatives --config debconf gives no alternatives for debconf. > > What gives?
Just because there is a package named debconf does not mean it has to provide a program by that name. -- see shy jo
