Re: Announcing debconf, configuration management for debian

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> This is great, Joey!
> 
> Can you show an example of how to use apt-get to *skip* configuration
> questions altogether?

Assumming you have debconf installed, edit /etc/apt/apt.conf, make it look
like this:

// Pre-configure all packages before they are installed.
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfig --apt --frontend=Base";};

This uses the base frontend, which is a null frontend -- the defaults are
provided for all questions.

An alternative (that may be a better idea) is:

DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfig --apt --priority=critical";};

Which lets you see only the most important questions.

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