On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:08 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > 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!
I have no idea what made the difference, but I re-typed the lines and re-tried and it worked. I had copied the lines (other than the $install variable) directly from an example. When it didn't work, I tried cutting and pasting from another example and it didn't work, but when I entered it by typing directly, it worked. Probably a typo that I couldn't catch with my learning disability or something. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/40856253-8b5f-4cd1-95bc-53249271b...@halblog.com
