On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:34:54AM +0000, David Griffith wrote: > > I just noticed an odd behavior of APT when I tried installing > inform6-compiler and inform6-library. I used to think that > recommended packages would be mentioned at installation, but > wouldn't be added unless you explicitly asked for them. So, I tried > to install the compiler and library on a headless machine and APT > decided that it had to also install a zcode interpreter and picked > one that wanted to pull in all sorts of graphical libraries. Is > that really necessary? By default, recommended packages are installed (suggested packages aren't; this is different from "recommended"). You can change that default. For example, I have, in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95no-recommends: APT::Install-Recommends no; Cheers -- tomás
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