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fire frost
fire frost

Reputation: 437

How to bypass the user confirmation when installing packages on linux

I'm writing a basic script in bash to automatically install a few packages on new machines (basically, the first script to run on a new machine before doing anything else). I'm downloading openssh-server and python for example.

My goal is just to launch the script in sudo mode, wait a few minutes and get started. The only problem I'm facing is the machine requires the user to input "y" when needed and I can't find a way to bypass this.

This is just a sample of my script :

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server
sudo apt-get install python3

what I expect is just run this command and let it roll without the user to have and put "y" when needed 

sudo bash start-script.sh

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3199

Answers (1)

ennox
ennox

Reputation: 206

Use the -y option of apt-get. From the apt-get man page:

   -y, --yes, --assume-yes
       Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and
       run non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as
       changing a held package, trying to install a unauthenticated
       package or removing an essential package occurs then apt-get will
       abort. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Assume-Yes.

Upvotes: 4

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