I'm trying to setup my Ubuntu image via a script over on AWS and I can't get rabbitmq-server to install. It throws a Package Configuration screen that simply has one option (hit OK).
How can I bypass this? It causes my script to hang
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It sounds like your install script is being stopped by a debconf dialog. You can suppress the debconf dialog by setting the environment variable DEBIAN_FRONTEND to noninteractive. For example:
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install rabbitmq-server
In general, if you want to script package installations using non-default configuration settings, you will need to preseed the debconf database with the desired settings. I recommend you read the debconf man page, and pay particularly close attention to the section titled "Unattended Package Installation".
Steven Monday
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YES YES! Thank you Steven. Great advice on debconf as well. I owe you a coffee (or beer) – Keith Fitzgerald Oct 29 '10 at 15:53
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I'm glad I could help. – Steven Monday Oct 29 '10 at 17:51
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You might be able to use python fabric to do what you need.
In Stackoverflow, someone asked a question similar to yours so you can refer to that.
Here is the link.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2246256/python-fabric-how-to-answer-to-keyboard-input
