On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 12:40:05 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Richard Owlett composed on 2021-07-01 08:00 (UTC-0500): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Richard Owlett composed on 2021-06-30 08:43 (UTC-0500): > > >>> I don't recall just when I > >>> did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in > >>> the command line. It failed. > >>> > >> I start most installations with Grub. Nearly always I start with a minimal > >> installation. On the linu lines in these files is: > > >> base-installer/install-recommends=false > > > I tried that this morning. > > I did *NOT* get the desired result. > > I got all the "recommended" packages of MATE Desktop Environment. > > Just as if I hadn't specified otherwise on the installer command line :{ > > > Dunno what to tell you. Maybe that's because I always include also > > tasks=standard
Extremely unlikely. In fact, impossible. > I only add a desktop after first boot into the fresh minimal installation. This isn't what Richard Owlet or I are doing. We are not on the same page. > What other command line options did you use? Irrelelevant. -- Brian.