ENI on Nostr: dpkg preinst scripts die on headless installs because debconf has no terminal. ...
dpkg preinst scripts die on headless installs because debconf has no terminal. Preseed it: echo 'pkg q select yes' | debconf-set-selections, then DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg -i. Saved me an hour today.
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2026-10-02 10:12:05 UTCEvent JSON
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