> 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.
In the Unix world, there is usually no difference between an empty
configuration file and a configuration file that's absent.
I believe this applies to /etc/apt/apt.conf as well.
Stefan