Scott Muir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (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.
Something like: export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive export DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical apt-get -y --force-yes -o 'DPkg::Options::=--force-confold' ... > 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. I think "debconf pre-seeding" is how you'd want to go about that... -- Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
