diff --git a/src/utils/system.py b/src/utils/system.py
index 497f6d8df..9b6de576c 100644
--- a/src/utils/system.py
+++ b/src/utils/system.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ def aptitude_with_progress_bar(cmd):
         lambda l: log_apt_status_to_progress_bar(l.rstrip()),
     )
 
+    original_cmd = cmd
     cmd = (
         f'LC_ALL=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none aptitude {cmd} --quiet=2 -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 -o "APT::Status-Fd=$YNH_STDINFO"'
     )
@@ -295,12 +296,15 @@ def aptitude_with_progress_bar(cmd):
 
     logger.debug(f"Running: {cmd}")
 
+    read, write = os.pipe()
+    os.write(write, b"y\ny\ny")
+    os.close(write)
     ret = call_async_output(cmd, callbacks, shell=True)
 
     if log_apt_status_to_progress_bar.previous_package is not None and ret == 0:
         log_apt_status_to_progress_bar("done::100:Done")
     elif ret != 0:
-        raise YunohostError(f"Failed to run command 'aptitude {cmd}'", raw_msg=True)
+        raise YunohostError(f"Failed to run command 'aptitude {original_cmd}'", raw_msg=True)
 
 
 def _apt_log_line_is_relevant(line):