> Granted, my experience with DEB has mostly been limited to Ubuntu - so it could be that/Canonical. It is not a Canonical specificity, but it is overridable b

> Granted, my experience with DEB has mostly been limited to Ubuntu - so it could be that/Canonical. It is not a Canonical specificity, but it is overridable behavior. For the dpkg prompting on configuration file changes: https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-configuration-file-managed-by-dpkg/ https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/21/debian-conffile-config... > You can also make those options permanent by creating /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/local: > Dpkg::Options { > "--force-confdef"; > "--force-confold"; > } Along with invoking apt with -y (assume yes) will get you close to the behavior you seek. Or as a permanent setting: APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";