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Re: Non-interactive apt-get?



On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 11:34:27PM -0700, quigstah@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey Folks!
> 
> I'm in the process of rolling out a rather large grid of Linux nodes,
> many of which are Debian.  I'm having some difficulties in automating
> certain aspects of my Debian roll-outs, and I'm hoping you can provide
> some insight.
> 
> The issue in brief: I'm trying to fully automate apt-get.  I have a
> detailed procedure as to what packages are put in place, and
> configurations are copied over in an automated way.  I want to
> normalize the pkgs installed on these machines via apt-get, in a
> non-interactive way.  For example, I've been using something like:
> 
> apt-get -y -q=2 --force-yes install <pkg>
> 
> This works alright, but still requires user interaction for a few
> packages.  How does one go about forcing, without exception, apt-get to
> proceed without human input?

Try changing the priority of debconf to high

HTH
Andrei
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