Re: apt-getting recommended/suggested packages?
--- "Avdi B. Grimm" <avdi@avdi.org> wrote:
> quick question: is there a simple way to tell apt-get to install a
> package *plus* all of it's recommended and suggested packages? For
> example, KDevelop can utilize a whole slew of optional packages if
> they
> are installed, but by default apt-get only fetches the necessary
> dependencies, not the recommended/suggested packages. It would be
> convenient if I could grab them all in one swell foop.
>
> -ABG
>
dselect is your friend here, prompts you with the list of suggested
packages.
hth,
patrick.
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