I just tried the command in the opening "comment" again and indeed it
now works. (the machine was reinstalled since 2010 and didn't get NTP
until just now).
P.S. Feel free to mark it as "fixed" !
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Title:
debconf seems to require a controlling
I found a fix that works for me:
`export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive`
I execute that just prior to any debconf steps.
E.g. I use this on my headless systems around my home:
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y dist-upgrade
apt-get -y autoclean
apt-get -y
note: #5 comment is about Bionic archive.
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Title:
debconf seems to require a controlling TTY even when no interaction
#3 output should be fixed (if 'proposed' is activated) by:
Fixed by:
software-properties (0.96.24.22) bionic; urgency=medium
* software-properties-gtk: Depend on libgtk3-perl for debconf's GNOME
backend. Drop previous Recommends on libgtk2-perl. (LP: #1679784)
-- Jeremy Bicha
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debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell
buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline
debconf: (This frontend requires a
I tried it again:
assurancetourix:~> ssh falbala sudo apt install ntp
and this time I got... What's in the previous comment. (I looked for a
"preview" button to see if I got the "quoted text" right. Expecting to
be able to edit, and not finding the preview, I clicked subit. Now I
can't find
This bug is almost 8 year old. Any interest in fixing it?
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