Saturday, January 08, 2011

apt - no recommends

Command Line:

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install some-app-name-here


sudo aptitude -R install some-app-name-here

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sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf

ADD:

// Recommends are as of now still abused in many packages
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";



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Synaptic Package Manager


Settings, Preferences - toggle " consider recommended packages as dependencies " [ OFF ]


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