Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Nelson
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 question

Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-28 Thread Sebastian Tennant
>>>I'm no expert Scott, but I reckon there's probably away to instruct >>>dpkg to bypass the pre-inst(allation) scripts. >>> >> This could be dangerous, as some packages generate additional files and >> whatnot during post-inst. The information gathered during pre-inst is >> usually relevant t

Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-27 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 10/27/05, Scott Muir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (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 h

Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-27 Thread Joe Smith
"Scott Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (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 a

RE: QQ about apt.

2005-10-27 Thread Scott Muir
(sigh) Thank you both... This still stinks of "there's gotta be a way".. anyone? S. -Original Message- From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:59 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: QQ about apt. On Thu, Oct 27

Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:24:37PM +0100, Sebastian Tennant wrote: > > I'm no expert Scott, but I reckon there's probably away to instruct > dpkg to bypass the pre-inst(allation) scripts. It's during the > execution of these scripts that most of these questions are asked for > the purposes of cre

Re: QQ about apt.

2005-10-27 Thread Sebastian Tennant
Scott Muir wrote: > (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 a