---
name: "dpkg-reconfigure"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "debconf"
version: "1.5.91"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dpkg-reconfigure"
---

# dpkg-reconfigure(8)

reconfigure an already installed package

## NAME

dpkg-reconfigure - reconfigure an already installed package

## SYNOPSIS

```
 dpkg-reconfigure [options] packages
```

## DESCRIPTION

**dpkg-reconfigure** reconfigures packages after they have already been installed. Pass it the names of a package or packages to reconfigure. It will ask configuration questions, much like when the package was first installed.

If you just want to see the current configuration of a package, see [**debconf-show**(1)](/debconf-show/1.md) instead.

## OPTIONS

- **-f***type*, **--frontend=***type*

  Select the frontend to use. The default frontend can be permanently changed by:

  ```
   dpkg-reconfigure debconf
  ```

  Note that if you normally have debconf set to use the noninteractive frontend, dpkg-reconfigure will use the dialog frontend instead, so you actually get to reconfigure the package.

- **-p***value*, **--priority=***value*

  Specify the minimum priority of question that will be displayed. dpkg-reconfigure normally shows low priority questions no matter what your default priority is. See [**debconf**(7)](/debconf/7.md) for a list.

- **--terse**

  Enables terse output mode. This affects only some frontends.

- **--default-priority**

  Use whatever the default priority of question is, instead of forcing the priority to low.

- **-u**, **--unseen-only**

  By default, all questions are shown, even if they have already been answered. If this parameter is set though, only questions that have not yet been seen will be asked.

- **--force**

  Force dpkg-reconfigure to reconfigure a package even if the package is in an inconsistent or broken state. Use with caution.

- **--no-reload**

  Prevent dpkg-reconfigure from reloading templates. Use with caution; this will prevent dpkg-reconfigure from repairing broken templates databases. However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the templates database is expensive.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display usage help.

## SEE ALSO

[**debconf**(7)](/debconf/7.md)

## AUTHOR

Joey Hess \<joeyh@debian.org\>