On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 17:53:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 19 iun 20, 15:12:27, Tom Dial wrote: > > > > I notice that tasksel (= /usr/bin/tasksel) is a Perl program in which it > > appears the "cmd" to be executed once selections are made (line 24 from > > the end) is > > > > apt-get -q -y -o APT::Install-Recommends=true -o \ > > APT::Get::AutomaticRemove=true -o APT::Acquire::Retries=3 install > > > > I suspect that has something to do with the apparent fact that tasksel > > ignores "recommends=false" from other sources. I also suspect that > > editing that line would change the behavior in the desired direction. > > >From long-standing practice and inclination I have no wish to test this, > > but someone else might. > > > > I assume this would need to be done by skipping tasksel during > > installation of the d-i minimal system, then altering and running the > > installed tasksel after the post-install reboot. > > Why not just run 'apt install task-<whatever>' afterwards?
Without the suggested alteration made by Tom Dial? How does that fulfill Richard's desired outcome of not installing recommended packages? -- Brian.
