Hi Rich, On 19-10-19 16:42:35, Rich Morin wrote: > I'm having trouble using 'apt-get install chef' in an automated > fashion. Partway through the execution of this command, it puts up a > "Package configuration" dialog which wants to know the URL of the > default server. > > I drilled down to chef_13.8.7-3_all.deb > control.tar.xz > templates and > found this > sort of thing: > > Type: string > Description: URL of Chef server: > ... > > but I don't see any provision for pre-setting the URL. Is there a way > to pre-set this to (say) localhost:4000? More generally, where can I > find information on handling these sorts of configuration options in > Debian packages?
You could handle this via two methods, and probably more: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q chef which will suppress this question from popping up. Besides, you are also able to set the URL to use via: echo chef chef/chef_server_url string | debconf-set-selections Hope this helps, cheers, Georg _______________________________________________ Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers mailing list Pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers