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debconf package

  1. Bug #130519
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 130519

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Re: [gutsy] debconf unable to initialize frontend

What does 'echo $TERM' say?

        elsif ($ENV{TERM} eq 'dumb' || $ENV{TERM} eq 'unknown') {
                die gettext("Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.")."\n";
        }

What terminal emulator are you running?