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passing a parameter into dpkg -i?

Is there any way to pass a parameter into dpkg -i that can then be used by preinst and postinst? I've looked into this and was wondering if I could refer to these parameters with $1 or $2

Thanks in advance

Solution

  • No, you cannot pass a parameter that way.

    You can set an environmental variable this way

    $ VARIABLE=foo dpkg --install package.deb

    or (much better) use debconf to ask questions to the user.