Standard advice from me: use the expert install (available under "Advanced options", I think, from the standard netinst / DVD .iso image. Uncheck all except standard install (and perhaps SSH server) - no X, no desktop environment. That gives you a bare, text mode install with < 400 packages in total. Build on from there. You can drop to a single user shell from the installer to install extra packages if you really must - or you can just reboot and use apt/apt-get to check and see what's involved at that point. If you use wifi - you mght want to add at least any required firmware and nmcli to get you started.[For myself, I always try to make the first install be at the end of a cable to avoid wifi problems.]
It does need you to be command line capable. If you really have no bandwidth, it might mean you need to buy DVDs to bootstrap the system. Be aware, as you go, that an install from DVD media is only correct up to and including the first boot - there will always be updates to install after the first OS install.