---
name: "debconf-show"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "debconf"
version: "1.5.91"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/debconf-show"
---

# debconf-show(1)

query the debconf database

## NAME

debconf-show - query the debconf database

## SYNOPSIS

```
 debconf-show packagename [...] [--db=dbname]
 debconf-show --listowners [--db=dbname]
 debconf-show --listdbs
```

## DESCRIPTION

**debconf-show** lets you query the debconf database in different ways.

The most common use is "debconf-show packagename", which displays all items in the debconf database owned by a given package, and their current values. Questions that have been asked already are prefixed with an '\*'.

This can be useful as a debugging aid, and especially handy in bug reports involving a package's use of debconf.

## OPTIONS

- **--db=***dbname*

  Specify the database to query. By default, debconf-show queries the main database.

- **--listowners**

  Lists all owners of questions in the database. Generally an owner is equivalent to a debian package name.

- **--listdbs**

  Lists all available databases.

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<joeyh@debian.org\> and Sylvain Ferriol