On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:05:24PM +0200, Xan wrote: > >> In Debian stable "lenny" apt automatically installs recommended >> packages. If you want to select packages manually you can do so using >> the aptitude front-end or by using "apt --no-install-recommends". > > Wow!!. Why that? I previous use debian and apt only install needed > packages, not recommended. Can I set --no-install-recommends by default?
Add this line to /etc/apt/apt.conf: APT::Install-Recommends "0"; HTH. Kumar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org