Re: APT configuration file

[Cameron Hutchison <lists@xdna.net>]

Kc9EYE <kc9eye@gmail.com> writes:

>Following the thread on apt defaulting to install recommends, I would
>like to turn this option off. A previous poster stated to add this
>line to the "/etc/apt/apt.conf" file: APT::Install-Recommends "0"; . I
>would love to do that but I am unable as yet to find a file named
>/etc/apt/apt.conf. 

Just create it with the line you want. No other contents are needed.

The man page for apt.conf(5) describes the syntax of the file and the
configuration parameters used by apt.