Install package to use with early_command in Ubuntu preseed file

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I'm trying to make api calls during an ubuntu install using curl, but it always returns the error code 127 which means the command does not exist, this is what it looks like:

d-i preseed/early_command string apt-get install curl
d-i preseed/early_command string curl -k http://myapi/get_api

Is there a way I can do this for both early and late command?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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Are you sure the volume is mounted at this point? This answer seems very relevant to your problem:

https://askubuntu.com/a/90054

The takeaway seems to be that you can use apt-get in the late stage, but not early.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:22

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answered Jan 11 '13 at 17:09

Andrew B

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But you can use `apt-install` -- http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed – sendmoreinfo Jan 11 '13 at 19:04
True, I ended up using wget instead and installing packages after when needed. – Ruben Quinones Jan 23 '13 at 23:35

Install package to use with early_command in Ubuntu preseed file

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