diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 914194b3..09bcd948 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - uninstall and downgrade logs are not available [#255](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/255)
   
 - Debian
+  - install/upgrade: hanging when packages require manual configuration
   - info: crashing when the package size has unexpected symbols [#251](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/issues/251)
   - displaying wrong symbols among numbers in install/uninstall/upgrade outputs for systems without english encoding installed
   - removing unused packages on any type of transaction (this is the default behaviour for aptitude)
-
+  
 - Flatpak
   - some updates not being displayed when there are new required runtimes for installed Flatpaks
   - not displaying new required runtimes as updates (requires Flatpak >= 1.12)
diff --git a/bauh/commons/system.py b/bauh/commons/system.py
index 980c898e..a3f0c3d5 100644
--- a/bauh/commons/system.py
+++ b/bauh/commons/system.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class SimpleProcess:
                  global_interpreter: bool = USE_GLOBAL_INTERPRETER, lang: Optional[str] = DEFAULT_LANG, root_password: Optional[str] = None,
                  extra_paths: Set[str] = None, error_phrases: Set[str] = None, wrong_error_phrases: Set[str] = None,
                  shell: bool = False, success_phrases: Set[str] = None, extra_env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-                 custom_user: Optional[str] = None):
+                 custom_user: Optional[str] = None, preserve_env: Optional[Set] = None):
         pwdin, final_cmd = None, []
 
         self.shell = shell
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ class SimpleProcess:
             final_cmd.extend(['runuser', '-u', custom_user, '--'])
         elif isinstance(root_password, str):
             final_cmd.extend(['sudo', '-S'])
+
+            if preserve_env:
+                for var in preserve_env:
+                    final_cmd.append(f'--preserve-env={var}')
+
             pwdin = self._new(['echo', root_password], cwd, global_interpreter, lang).stdout
 
         final_cmd.extend(cmd)
diff --git a/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py b/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
index 3de2d277..e94490cf 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/debian/aptitude.py
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class Aptitude:
         self._default_lang = ''
         self._ignored_fields: Optional[Set[str]] = None
         self._re_none: Optional[Pattern] = None
-        self._vars_encoding_fix: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+        self._vars_fixes: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None
+        self._preserve_env = {'DEBIAN_FRONTEND'}
 
     def show(self, pkgs: Iterable[str], attrs: Optional[Collection[str]] = None, verbose: bool = False) \
             -> Optional[Dict[str, Dict[str, object]]]:
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def upgrade(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         cmd = self.gen_transaction_cmd('upgrade', packages).split(' ')
-        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
+        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_fixes,
+                             preserve_env=self._preserve_env)
 
     def update(self, root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         return SimpleProcess(('aptitude', 'update'), root_password=root_password, shell=True)
@@ -143,7 +145,8 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def install(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str]) -> SimpleProcess:
         cmd = self.gen_transaction_cmd('install', packages).split(' ')
-        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, shell=True, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
+        return SimpleProcess(cmd=cmd, root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_fixes,
+                             preserve_env=self._preserve_env)
 
     def read_installed(self) -> Generator[DebianPackage, None, None]:
         yield from self.search(query='~i')
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ class Aptitude:
 
     def remove(self, packages: Iterable[str], root_password: Optional[str],  purge: bool = False) -> SimpleProcess:
         return SimpleProcess(cmd=self.gen_remove_cmd(packages, purge).split(' '), shell=True,
-                             root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_encoding_fix)
+                             root_password=root_password, extra_env=self.vars_fixes, preserve_env=self._preserve_env)
 
     def read_installed_names(self) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
         code, output = system.execute("aptitude search ~i -q -F '%p' --disable-columns",
@@ -279,11 +282,11 @@ class Aptitude:
         return self._re_none
 
     @property
-    def vars_encoding_fix(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        if self._vars_encoding_fix is None:
-            self._vars_encoding_fix = {'LC_NUMERIC': ''}
+    def vars_fixes(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        if self._vars_fixes is None:
+            self._vars_fixes = {'LC_NUMERIC': '', 'DEBIAN_FRONTEND': 'noninteractive'}
 
-        return self._vars_encoding_fix
+        return self._vars_fixes
 
 
 class AptitudeOutputHandler(Thread):