Can't Install Packages in Batch Mode

[Hal Vaughan <hal@halblog.com>]

I have a bash script with the following in it:

	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
	apt-get install $install

From what I've read, this should set the front end for debconf to non-interactive and should go on ahead with the install I've set up with a list of packages to install.  Everything else in the script works, but as much as I've played with this (like changing DEBIAN_FRONTEND to DEBCONF_FRONTEND), I can't get it to work.  I saw one example (from this list, 2-3 years ago) that put it all on one line, but that didn't work either.

Do I have to set the environment variable before running the script?  What do I need to do to be able to install packages?  (There's only one question asked in all these packages and it's a config issue I handle separately anyway.)


Thanks for any help with this!



Hal