On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 16:02:07 -0800 Rich Morin <r...@cfcl.com> wrote: > Debian's "apt-get install" command is documented as following > "recommends" links by default. It also follows "depends" links, > presumably in a recursive fashion. However, I haven't been able to > find out if it also follows recommends links recursively. > > For example, let's say that I run "apt-get install foo" and that foo > depends on or recommends bar. I would expect apt-get to install bar > and all of its dependencies. However, I don't know whether it would > also install bar's recommended packages, etc. Can someone please > clarify this? > > -r >
Pick something and look at what it recommends, use apt-get -s to simulate. Then do the same with one of the recommends. Do you see any of that package recommends in the initial list? Or, install something and look at aptitude: aptitude why bar aptitude why foo etc...