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msttcorefonts package

Non-interactive mode fails at EULA

Bug #1439910 reported by Joseph Matheney
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Bug Description

When I run this shell script:

#!/bin/bash
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install wine1.7

My install still pops up asking me to accept the EULA... I realize an EULA is important, but i dont think its important enough to not work with 'export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive' I know there is a EULA associated with the fonts, and accept the terms when I set noninteractive mode

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Joseph Matheney (pfifo-fast)
description: updated
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Edwin Grubbs (edwin-grubbs) wrote :

You can configure debconf to accept the eula before you run "apt-get install":

echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula select true | sudo debconf-set-selections

I determined the right variable to set by looking in this file after ttf-mscorefonts-installer was installed:
/var/lib/dpkg/info/ttf-mscorefonts-installer.postinst

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Edwin Grubbs (edwin-grubbs) wrote :

Here is the same command without the wrapping that made it look like I typed in two commands instead of one.

echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer \
   msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula \
   select true \
   | sudo debconf-set-selections

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