Selected packages will later be installed using apt-get.
My procedure was:
Copy Buster {10.0} DVD1 ISO to flash drive with dd
When booted chose menu item "Expert" install
Press <Tab> to bring up installers boot command
"/install.amd/vmlinuz priority=low vga=788
initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz --- "
Append "recommends=false" in 2 trials
Trial 1 - without removing " --- "
Trial 2 - after removing " --- "
Press <Enter> and answer questions as they appear
The result in both cases was a running system with the *UNWANTED*
packages fully present and operating.
To eliminate the possibility of a faulty copy of the Debian 10 iso, I
tried the same with a physical DVD1 of Debian 8.6.
The same unacceptable result.
How do I get what I want.
TIA