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Kevin Buchs
Asked: 2021-08-07 14:08:59 +0800 CST

apt-get throwing warning: "W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting with --allow instead"

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I'm running on Ubuntu 20.04 on Circle CI "machine" executor. Today I see that:

sudo apt-get install -y pkg1 pkg2

is throwing this warning:

W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting with --allow instead

I'm not using "--force-yes". Where is this coming from? Even

sudo apt-get update

throws the same warning.

debian apt ubuntu-20.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Today I see that:

    sudo apt-get install -y pkg1 pkg2

    is throwing this warning:

    W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting with --allow instead

    One can supply arguments to apt-get in at least three ways:

    • using its specific CLI arguments, e.g. apt-get --force-yes;
    • using -o CLI arguments with Configuration Item, e.g. apt-get -o "APT::Get::force-yes=true"; or
    • using its configuration files, e.g.: 
      APT {
    Get {
        force-yes "true";
    };
};
      in /etc/apt/apt.conf.

    If you don't see set arguments specified in your apt-get calls, you probably want to check /etc/apt/apt.conf, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*, or any other sources of apt-get configuration files.

    Note that --force-yes is dangerous and you may want to remove this options from your apt-get configuration files.

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