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Blankman
Asked: 2011-11-01 17:11:15 +0800 CST

apt-get install -y doesn't work with license agreements, how to automate that?

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For most packages that require a yes/no answer, this works fine for me:

sudo apt-get install -y ....

But if you require a package that makes you accept a license, how do you automatically agree to that?

For example, sun java:

sudo apt-get install -y sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

This requires me to select OK, and then yes.

ubuntu

2 Answers

  1. There are some ways to do this:

    1. Pre-answer with debconf by executing the following command before installing:

      echo sun-java6-jdk shared/accepted-sun-dlj-v1-1 select true | \
    /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

    2. Use expect:

      #!/usr/bin/expect -f
sudo apt-get -y install sun-java6-jre
expect "[y/n]"
sleep 1
send -- "yes\r"
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  2. For any package, you can use

    apt-get -y install <package> << 'EOF'
ok
EOF

    if in case you have multiple steps like

     1. Ok in step 1
 2. Enter Option 1/2
 3. y/n

    apt-get -y install <package> << 'EOF'
    ok
    1
    y
    EOF
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