Am Tue, 24 May 2016 07:27:11 +0000
schrieb Irrwahn <irrwahn@???>:

Thanks!!!

> Protip: If you'd like to avoid such unwanted installs,
> there is an easy way to tweak apt, namely by creating
> this file:
>
> $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommends
> APT::Install-Recommends "0";
> APT::Install-Suggests "0";
>
> Actually, that's usually one of the first things I do on
> a fresh De??an system. There is one potential drawback
> though: *Some* of the "Recommends" might actually be quite
> useful. In those cases you'd have to install them manually.

Just a simple question: the "--no-install-recommends" (or
"--with(out)-recommends" for aptitude) would do the same?