On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Chris Bayley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to use apt-get to install say openssh without subsequently > starting said service ??
I think you can disable the configuration phase itself (see apt.conf(5)) but I expect that would leave other things undone. Perhaps your best bet would be to download the source deb, comment out the service start invocation from the postinst script, repackage and install from your own repository ... -jim