install “.run” programs with automatic yes/ok/… option

Question

When I install packages in linux environment I can set the automatic 'yes' option, for example

yum -y install ...

or

apt-get -y install...

Is there a way to do the same but for ".run" programs. For example as,

sudo sh a.run -y

So that whenever it asks yes/no it automatically selects yes, whenever it asks for ok/cancel it selects ok, and so on...

thanks a lot in advance!!!

Answer 1

No, a .run command is simply a set of commands that are going to be run by sh. A particular .run file might take a -y option but in general you can't count on it. If you need to automate some stuff, consider using Expect.