Ubuntu

Hi,

I want to install certain packages on my Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit machine. I am doing it via the following shell script.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
 
while read -r pkg
do
    apt-get install --force-yes "$pkg"
    [ $? -eq 0 ] && { continue; }
done < list_of_packages.txt

The problem I am facing is, I am not able to determine when the first package's installation gets over, so that I can make the second line (package) from file to be installed next following the successful installation of the previous package. How can I do that? I cannot put sleep for indefinite time after each 'apt-get install' call.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

You aren't running apt-get in the background, so it should make you wait for it anyway.

Yes true.