On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:25:27 +0800, Jason Heeris wrote: > On 19 November 2010 14:03, Alan Ianson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Aptitude installs recommends by default. That can be turned off in >> "Options -> Preferences -> Dependency handling -> Install recommended >> packages automatically". > > I still want to install *most* recommends, just not quite *all*. So > turning this option off makes a lot of extra work for me :/
Good question. How can be blocked the installation of a package that is not installed? Something like having a "global switch" that prevents any of dpkg, apt- get, aptitude... to get a package going through and warns the user about it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
