I can't transcript an install.

LAPIII · 10-03-2012, 01:02 PM

To transcript, I type:

Code:

script -a

or

Code:

script filename.txt

To install, I type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install

I just can't get them both to work together

MensaWater · 10-03-2012, 01:48 PM

How about:

Code:

script -ac "sudo apt-get install"

The -c tells it to execute the command rather than invoking a subshell. The quotes around the command and its arguments insures that is what the -c acts upon.

Similar syntax works for me on RHEL:

Code:

script -ac "sudo yum list"

I don't have a system using apt-get but it seems it should work there as well as the purpose of both yum and apt-get is package management for their respective distros.

LAPIII · 10-03-2012, 01:59 PM

Thanks, but is there a way to name the file in the command?

MensaWater · 10-03-2012, 04:19 PM

Yes - the argument after command is the file name:

Code:

script -ac "sudo apt-get install" filename.txt