How to install dpkg-reconfigure?

Question

I want to install dpkg-reconfigure in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS install on Amazon EC2? How to go about it?

Solution 1

dpkg-reconfigure is provided by the debconf package, which should always be installed in any Ubuntu 12.04 install. If it's not, use:

sudo apt-get install debconf

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In your case, you are running Amazon's AMI Linux which is based on CentOS, not Ubuntu. That's why apt-get or dpkg-reconfgure, which are native to Debian/Ubuntu, are not available on your EC2 instance.

Solution 2

Normally it's already installed in Ubuntu. But if you are using some customized version without dpkg, you should be able to install using the command

sudo apt-get install dpkg

Comments

[Admin]

I needed to know that dpkg-reconfigure needs to be ran as root otherwise the command is not found

[Gaurav Agarwal]

It is not installed and when I run your suggested I am getting the response sudo: apt-get: command not found

[ish]

If apt-get is not available on an Ubuntu EC2 instance, you should open a ticket with Amazon Support...

[Gaurav Agarwal]

I have asked a related question here askubuntu.com/questions/175325/…

[ish]

Answered that and edited this one. You need to install an official Ubuntu AMI; Amazons is based on CentOS which is quite different as you're finding out.

[nanofarad]

You cannot do that; dpkg is needed for apt-get to work.

[svinkeaerinde]

Oops, this is actually an answer for this Q: askubuntu.com/questions/204312/citrix-receiver-on-ubuntu-12-‌​10 ... I am unable to post it over there, because it requires site karma (reputation points) that I do not have. Could someone move the above answer to the correct question, so that Kubuntu users may also have their cup of Citrix Receiver?