On Sun 14 Nov 2021 at 19:03:33 (+0000), Long Wind wrote: > On Sunday, November 14, 2021, 11:54:34 AM EST, David Wright wrote: > > Which is exactly what I said: there's a package that you had already > > installed (aptitude), whose Recommends includes a chain that extends > > to libperl5.32. > > > > Would I be correct in assuming that you originally installed aptitude > > /without/ Recommends, and installed synaptic /with/ Recommends? > > AFAIK, APT makes no attempt to track that difference. > > i always use apt or apt-get in early debian distro to > install/remove packages > apt doesn't allow me to choose whether to install Recommended > (Suggested?) packages
Yes, not right at the start, unless you preseed it by editing d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean true or hack it as I did here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2021/07/msg00345.html > i install aptitude only after you tell me to run "aptitude why packageName" Ah, ok, the other way round: diagnosing the problem disturbed the system. At least observing the system doesn't (unlike for particle physicists). In that case, though, you might be stuck with some of those nine remaining packages, if they're actually supporting aptitude. I install aptitude on my system in my setup script, but only as a tool for such occasions, not for installing. You too might want to keep it. Cheers, David.
