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Re: Question on kicad-install.sh

 

https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg15134.html

2015-04-01 9:53 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Search the mailing list archive. Try to also use the keyword fedora when
> searching. I am currently not on a proper machine.
>
> Den 01/04/2015 01.48 skrev "Chris Pavlina" <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Does anyone know why kicad-install.sh does this?
>>
>> for p in ${prerequisite_list}
>> do
>>    sudo apt-get install $p || exit 1
>> done
>>
>> Rather than something along the lines of this:
>>
>> echo "${prerequisite_list}" | xargs -d"\n" sudo apt-get install
>>
>>
>> The long prompts for permission to install each package have, erm,
>> aggravated some users, and adding -y isn't quite the right choice IMHO as it
>> removes the user's ability to veto the package list.
>>
>> Any chance of changing it?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
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