I also understood the documentation to mean that the --with-recommends option of aptitude would install any new recommended packages, but I couldn't get it to work that way either. As a workaround, after the command to upgrade, I run three more:
aptitude -y -d install '(!~i)~Rrecommends:((~i)(~Brecommends))' aptitude -y markauto '(!~i)~Rrecommends:((~i)(~Brecommends))' aptitude -y install The first one only downloads the uninstalled packages that are recommended by installed packages with unsatisfied recommendations. Since they're not installed yet, I can still use the same expression to mark them all automatically installed in the second command. The final command finishes up by actually doing the installation. Hope this helps. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
