Mscorefonts easy automated installer (( Solved.))

[motoryzen]

Here is the installation command I'm trying to accomplish without any input from me, and I don't know the correct key for tab or enter key simulations.

( during the install of ttf-mscorefonts-installer....within 10 seconds or less..I must manually press the tab keyboard key, press enter to execute on the <ok> button , then again same tab and enter key presses to execute on the <yes> button and ..then ..it finishes installing. )

I want to automated all of this within the same long one line command

This one ( or i can be a two line command if needs be) command is one of many items I have set up to auto install in my auto install much stuff.sh script.

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apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer -y ; sleep 10 \v ; sleep 2 \t ; sleep 2 \r

I've looked over all four links of bash script pages found here viewtopic.php?f=213&t=77062 but with doing " ctrl f " search for "tab" or " enter" I don't find anything coherent to what I'm looking for in finding which stuff to put into the command that makes it simulate pressing tab and enter keys and at what specific time.

LM 20.3 cinnamon using #!/bin/bash as the shell deal.

[motoryzen]

_ update__

easy peasy

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echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Put these into a bash script document like below

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#!/bin/bash

echo ttf-mscorefonts-installer msttcorefonts/accepted-mscorefonts-eula select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

save it. ensure it's executable

I haven't yet figured out how to create a gui button launcher that when launched..autoexecutes these commands one right after another, but the bash script works

I'd like to know how to create that launcher. I figured pkexec /path/to/theinstall.sh would do it. also tried with ' on each end and " ...nothing.

[1000]

pkexec will open your script with "sudo" only.
Should work. Which version of Linux Mint do you have ?
Maybe you can test with example script

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#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello World."

bash error handling
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bash+error+ha ... fsb&ia=web

In your case, it might be helpful in script

set -e
It will immediately stop your script if a simple command fails.

This is cool if the script is as simple as yours.

[1000]

From terminal working,
but maybe you want have " launcher " on Desktop
and there it does not work?

[motoryzen]

That Echo world deal always works

LM 20.3 Cinnamon here ( mentioned at the end.of my first post)

on kernel 5.15.whatever-whatever.

[motoryzen]

From terminal working,
but maybe you want have " launcher " on Desktop
and there it does not work?

Not my way or ways I mentioned above..I'll try your suggestion when I get back home from work

[motoryzen]

I think I figured it out.

The installer.sh bash script file that contains the two lines of commands must be in the Home/NameofPc folder ...for it to work

It doesn't matter where the launcher is.