Install MySQL on Ubuntu without a password prompt

Question

How do I write a script to install MySQL server on Ubuntu?

sudo apt-get install mysql will install, but it will also ask for a password to be entered in

Answer 1

This should do the trick

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
sudo -E apt-get -q -y install mysql-server

Of course, it leaves you with a blank root password - so you'll want to run something like

mysqladmin -u root password mysecretpasswordgoeshere

Afterwards to add a password to the account.