Automatic yes to prompts when installing package on Alpine Linux

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I'd like to know if apk add is capable of automatically assuming yes to any prompts when installing a new package on Alpine Linux?

I'm familiar with running something like apt-get install -y curl on Ubuntu and wondering if there's an equivalent command for my use case.

Can't say for sure, but their [documentation](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux_package_management) doesn't indicate one. — Jeff Schaller, Nov 18 '19 at 17:51

score 29 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '20 at 09:02

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apk does not need a --yes argument as it is designed to run non-interactively from the get-go and does not prompt the user unless the -i / --interactive argument is given (and then only for "certain operations").

Ref apk --help --verbose.

answered Jan 31 '20 at 09:02

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 18 '19 at 20:01

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I haven't tried it as I could not find a package prompting me, but either yes | apk add <package> (for multiple prompts) or echo y | apk add <package> (in case there is only one prompt) should work.

For details see https://linux.die.net/man/1/yes

answered Nov 18 '19 at 20:01

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That's an interesting approach. Thanks for sharing. – pjlangley Nov 22 '19 at 08:39

Automatic yes to prompts when installing package on Alpine Linux

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