Hello,
Maybe you are interested on installing untrusted packages on your Debian box, but by default you are prompted with this prompt:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!
Untrusted packages could compromise your system’s security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you want to do.
untrusted_package
Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway?
To continue, enter “Yes”; to abort, enter “No”:
This is fine, since it warns you about it, but it breaks non-interactive scripts, because needs user confirmation.
What then? the solution is easy, you only need to tell to aptitude that you want to use those packages without user confirmation.
From aptitude manual:
Option: Aptitude::CmdLine::Ignore-Trust-Violations
Default: false
Description: In command-line mode, causes aptitude to ignore the installation of untrusted packages. This is a synonym for Apt::Get::AllowUnauthenticated.
Just go!
# aptitude -o Aptitude::Cmdline::ignore-trust-violations=true -y install your_untrusted_package
WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be installed!
Untrusted packages could compromise your system’s security.
You should only proceed with the installation if you are certain that
this is what you want to do.
untrusted_package
*** WARNING *** Ignoring these trust violations because
aptitude::CmdLine::Ignore-Trust-Violations is ‘true’!
Writing extended state information… Done
It does not use an interactive prompt and of course your script will continue :)
See you!
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