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Kim Stacks
Asked: 2021-04-05 00:14:18 +0800 CST

How to do `sudo apt install aptitude` but auto default to install package maintainer version?

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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 server edition.

When I run

sudo apt install aptitude

I get the below prompts

Configuration file '/etc/systemd/resolved.conf'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.

Can I avoid all the prompts and just default to package maintainer's version without being asked?

I will get two kinds of prompts. The command line one as you see above, and the one with slightly more GUI with the pink background asking similar question.

I just want to install with just the package maintainer's version regardless.

apt

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If you automate answering to questions in apt, you do that for all prompts at once. It is not possible to selectively disable prompts. See this answer: -y or --yes or --assume-yes will automatically answer -y to all prompts.

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