Automate the apt-get installs

[lilzz]

I have whole bunch of
apt-get install A
apt-get install B
apt-get install C

.....


Is there way to automate this? many of them have prompt user [Y/N].
Can I force them all Yes. Write a script automatically do many apt-get installs?

[RaTTuS]

sudo apt-get install package-a package-b package-c -y

[DougieLawson]

You may be able to use unattended upgrades.

http://serverfault.com/questions/22324/ ... nny-stable

[plugwash]

You can install multiple packages on one line.

Apt has various options to reduce/eliminate interactivity, of course using them comes at some risk

--trivial-only
This will make the command only succeed if it would have run without a prompt, otherwise it fails.

--assume-yes (or -y)
this will make the command assume yes to most prompts but it will abort on some of the scarier ones (it still carries a risk of damage though)

--force-yes
should be pretty self explanatory.

[fruitoftheloom]

http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get