什么 – 在apt-get -y install命令中意味着什么?

我总是看到这样的命令

apt-get -y install 

什么是-y标签以及带-y标签和没有-y标签的apt-get install有什么区别?

从运行man apt-get的结果

 -y, --yes, --assume-yes Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an essential package occurs then apt-get will abort. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Assume-Yes. 

如果运行不带-y选项的apt-get命令,则需要以交互方式回答从该命令获得的所有提示,以便继续执行命令。