diff --git a/src/scripts/linux.sh b/src/scripts/linux.sh
index e41bbc2fe..3f97c0126 100644
--- a/src/scripts/linux.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/linux.sh
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ version=${1:-'8.3'}
 ini=${2:-'production'}
 src=${0%/*}/..
 debconf_fix="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive"
-apt_install="sudo $debconf_fix apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends"
+dpkg_options='-o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew"'
+apt_install="sudo $debconf_fix apt-fast $dpkg_options install -y --no-install-recommends"
 scripts="$src"/scripts
 
 add_sudo >/dev/null 2>&1