Re: QQ about apt.
On 10/27/05, Scott Muir <wsmuir@islandnet.com> wrote:
> (noob)
>
> I would like to know if and how it is possible to do a non-interactive
> install of an .deb package. The pages I have read talk only of a 'yes to
> all questions' option which is obviously useless if the package you are
> installing has questions other than yes/no and so on.
>
> The docs also speak of being able to set *arbitrary* options in the command
> line. This seemed to be more related to the apt-get program rather than the
> packages.
>
> Two examples I want to do are Apache2 and PostgreSQL which require some
> additional prompting. The purpose here is to create a set of steps which
> can quickly install a Debian system from scratch, limit down-time and remove
> some of the human element.
>
> Is there a way of doing this? I'm at about a 3 bananas out of 5 on the
> howler monkey scale.
Try:
DEBCONF_FRONTEND=noninteractive <your command here>
This'll assume defaults on all debconf questions. I'm not sure how
it'll interact with conffile replacement prompts however.
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