Hi,
root <mike.junk@nethere.com> writes:
>> They are recommends, and recommends are installed by default. But you
>> can change this
>
> How can this be changed?
> I looked through the man pages for apt-get and the config file
> but didn't see any way to do so.
Just add
   APT { Install-Recommends "false"; };
   
to /etc/apt/apt.conf.
Regards,
Ansgar