use preseeding for one package

Submitted by Chantal Rosmuller on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 08:08

Hi list,

can I use preseeding for installing one package unattended (not a whole debian
installation)?

Thanks

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use preseeding for one package

Submitted by Chantal Rosmuller on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 00:36.

>
> You can force the non-interactive front-end by setting
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND in the environment:
>
> DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

> > See debconf(7). > > Likewise see also debconf-set-selection(1). This injects configuration > in a way similar to preseed on install time. > Hi, I tried that but I ran into the following problem: cfengine on the client is started as a cronjob and it refuses to run "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive" I do not recall the exact error message but I think it had something to do with not finding it in the PATH. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003160806.35240.chantal@antenna.nl

use preseeding for one package

Submitted by Tzafrir Cohen on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 08:06.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:06:34AM +0100, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
>
> >
> > You can force the non-interactive front-end by setting
> > DEBIAN_FRONTEND in the environment:
> >
> > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

> > > > See debconf(7). > > > > Likewise see also debconf-set-selection(1). This injects configuration > > in a way similar to preseed on install time. > > > Hi, I tried that but I ran into the following problem: > > cfengine on the client is started as a cronjob and it refuses to run "export > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive" I do not recall the exact error message but I > think it had something to do with not finding it in the PATH. ENODATA Please provide more information if you want a useful response. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzafrir@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzafrir@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316143950.GI16560@pear.tzafrir.org.il

use preseeding for one package

Submitted by Chantal Rosmuller on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 08:37.

Op dinsdag 16 maart 2010 15:39:50 schreef Tzafrir Cohen:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:06:34AM +0100, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> > > You can force the non-interactive front-end by setting
> > > DEBIAN_FRONTEND in the environment:
> > >
> > > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

> > > > > > See debconf(7). > > > > > > Likewise see also debconf-set-selection(1). This injects configuration > > > in a way similar to preseed on install time. > > > > Hi, I tried that but I ran into the following problem: > > > > cfengine on the client is started as a cronjob and it refuses to run > > "export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive" I do not recall the exact error > > message but I think it had something to do with not finding it in the > > PATH. > > ENODATA > > Please provide more information if you want a useful response. > I already got the answer I wanted, we can use dpkg-reconfigure debconf. That works fine. Thank you for taking the trouble though, much appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003171624.01475.chantal@antenna.nl