On Wed 17 Jun 2020 at 06:31:16 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/17/2020 06:12 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 04:53:45AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 06/17/2020 03:34 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > A couple of those led me to disable recommends completely. It seems > > > > I'm a freak monster or sometning ;-@ > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to totally disable recommends when installing Debian? > > > I wish to set up a machine for experimenting to find out what I > > > really want. Long long term I am considering using debootstrap to > > > install a extremely customized system. > > > > I have this in the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95no-recommends: > > > > APT::Install-Recommends no: > > > > If I understand correctly, I need to add > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95no-recommends to the ISO of the installer's DVD1.
No you don't. A user preseeds with recommends=false But you know for a fact that this doesn't work. Therefore, an answer to your enquiry > Is there a way to totally disable recommends when installing Debian? is "no". -- Brian.
