Debian/Ubuntu dselect question

[David Bandel]

On 7/16/07, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> I'm trying to automate the installation of a .deb package over the network
> (without using apt-get).  The following command mostly works:
> dselect install
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/t/tcsh/tcsh_6.14.00-7_i386.deb
>

The above command shouldn't work at all, at least no the way you
expect.  In fact, I suspect you're not installing tcsh at all unless
it happens to be in your already selected packages.

> except that I keep getting prompted with the following question:
>
> Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n]
>
> How can I supress that question so that it doesn't require human
> intervention?

First configure your /etc/apt-get/sources.list to include:
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu universe

Then: apt-get update
Finally:  apt-get install tcsh

You won't be prompted to delete any files (they will remain on your system).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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