---
name: "paperconfig"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpaper-utils"
version: "2.2.5-0.3+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/paperconfig"
---

# paperconfig(8)

configure the system default paper size

## NAME

**paperconfig** - configure the system default paper size

## SYNOPSIS

**paperconfig** \[**--version**\|**--help**\|**--paper** *papername*\|**--choose\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**paperconfig** **queries the current paper size, and sets the system default paper to** **be used by tools using the papersize** file. It can either ask interactively for the paper to use or be called non-interactively by scripts.

When the paper size has been changed, **paperconfig** notifies other packages of the change by running the scripts in the */etc/libpaper.d* directory.

When no paper is specified, **paperconfig** prints the current system paper size.

## OPTIONS

- **-v, --version**

  Print the version of **paperconfig** and exit.

- **-h, --help**

  Print help about usage and exit.

- **-p, --paper** *papername*

  Use *papername* if possible. If *papername* is not a valid paper, print an error message and exit.

- **-c, --choose**

  Choose system paper interactively.

## FILES

- */etc/libpaper.d*

  Directory of scripts to run after the paper size has been changed. This package puts no scripts here, but other packages may. **run-parts** is used to run the scripts.  Therefore their names must comply with **run-part**'s naming requirements.

## AUTHOR

Yves Arrouye \<arrouye@debian.org\>, Reuben Thomas \<rrt@sc3d.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[paper(1)](/paper/1.md), runparts(8)