* John Ericson (john@john.pp.se) [020220 08:49]: > When Im doing an 'apt-get install reportbug' it wants to install packages > that is using 'Recommends' and 'Suggests' depending, but I want it to only Mine doesn't. People have complained such things about dselect, but apt-get doesn't automatically install 'Recommends'ed or 'Suggests'ed packages. > install packages that it absolutly needs (Such as with the 'Depends' > depending). How can I do this with the apt-get command-line tool? > > Excerpt from 'apt-cache show reportbug': > Depends: python > Recommends: python-newt > Suggests: postfix | mail-transport-agent, gnupg | pgp, python-ldap (>= 1.8-1) what do these show: dpkg -l reportbug python-newt python-ldap apt-get -s install reportbug (I just want to see what packages you already have and which apt-get will try to install. The -s flag to apt-get tells it to just tell you what it would do without actually doing it.) good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume/ -- Satan laughs when we kill each other. Peace is the only way.
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