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Today I ran into this interactive prompt on ubuntu while installing node and npm, and I do not want to manually configure this interactively every time I run an install, moreso in docker I do not have the interactive terminal to do so.
Configuring tzdata ------------------ Please select the geographic area in which you live. Subsequent configuration questions will narrow this down by presenting a list of cities, representing the time zones in which they are located. 1. Africa 2. America 3. Antarctica 4. Arctic 5. Asia 6. Atlantic 7. Australia 8. Europe 9. Indian 10. Pacific 11. Etc 12. Legacy Geographic area:
Why tzdata #
Checking aptitude why tzdata it shows that the chain goes back through npm.
root@47685221fb82:/# aptitude why tzdata i npm Depends node-gyp i A node-gyp Depends gyp (>= 0.1+20200513gitcaa6002) i A gyp Depends python3:any i A python3 Provides python3:any i A python3 Depends python3.12 (>= 3.12.3-0~) i A python3.12 Depends tzdata
The solution, configure tzdata #
export TZ="America/Chicago" export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt update apt install tzdata -y ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
This is required, because apt installing tzdata will trigger the interactive prompt. You will manually configure it in the next two steps.