Package: apt Version: 0.5.21 I'm not 100% positive about the syntax, but the command line
# apt-get --option 'DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs="touch /tmp/foo;";' \ --yes install hello should create a file under /tmp/, but doesn't. For script mirroring parts of Debian, I like to use apt-get install, without actually installing the packages: # apt-get --option 'DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs="false;";' \ --yes install hello But this works only, if I set the option in /etc/apt/apt.conf, not at the command line. I tried DPkg::Pre-Invoke without success. I'm working on sarge.
