Re: How to install debian-goodies in CLI environment?

[Yvan Masson <yvan@masson-informatique.fr>]

Le 16/08/2022 à 18:37, Tim Woodall a écrit :
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2022, G?khan Bag wrote:
>
> > I found that the installation of the package debian-goodies always 
> > prompts the
> > popularity contest configuration, and that way, I can't install 
> > debian-goodies
> > in a script.
> >
> > I also tried: echo "" | apt install debian-goodies -y
> > And: yes | apt install debian-goodies -y
> > I tried both apt and apt-get.
> >
> > How can I install debian-goodies in a script without manual user 
> > interaction?
>
> Don't know if this will work for debian-goodies but this is the best
> I've found for silencing any questions:
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -o APT::Install-Recommends=false
> -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o
> Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" -y install $source_deps </dev/null
>
> You may possibly want to tweak or remove some of those options...
popularity-contest package relies on debconf durring installation for 
its configuration, like many other packages. In my opinion, the best way 
for an unattended installation is to populate the debconf database with 
the answer before installing the package. To do this, install 
debconf-utils, and run `debconf-get-selections` from a machine where 
popularity contest has already been installed to retrieve the question 
and its answer. Then, in your script, install debconf-utils, run 
`debconf-set-selections` with appropriate values and finally install 
your package. Have a look at `debconf-set-selections` for examples.

Regards,
Yvan

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