Re: Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 01:50:01AM +0100, Rich Morin 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

Re: Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-06 Thread songbird
Rich Morin 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,

Re: Does "apt-get install" follow "recommends" links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Rich Morin (2020-02-06 01:02:07) > 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

Re: Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Daryl
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 16:02:07 -0800 Rich Morin 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

Does “apt-get install” follow “recommends” links recursively?

2020-02-05 Thread Rich Morin
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