Installing xfe on base Debian

Giles Orr gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Sat Aug 21 15:35:03 UTC 2010


On 16 August 2010 22:44, Daniel Wayne Armstrong <daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Lennart Sorensen
> <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> At some point, installing 'recommended' packages became default.  In the
>> past only requires packages were installed.  This can be changed in the
>> configuration of apt though.  aptitude has it's own configuration as
>> well for similar controls (including installing suggested packages if
>> so desired).
>
> Running 'aptitude -R install <package>' will drop the recommended
> packages from the download. I discovered it when I wanted to install a
> very basic Gnome for a friend and didn't want to install extras like
> Evolution and substitute wicd vs network manager.

Thanks to those who helped.

I've added a file to my system:

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02norecommendssuggests

With the contents:

APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "false";

This seems to do the trick.

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