> Additionally, there could be command-line flags like --install-suggests, > --noinstall-recommends, etc, so that people can force it if they get > tired of answering the questions.
I prefer apt-get over dselect - it's a very clean 'dwim' interface without conceptual clutter. I'd think I'd almost prefer it over a GUI interface since it avoids firing up a separate window/program to do something (which Debian has made) very simple. For those of us who know the packaging system a bit more, why not simply make a --recommends or --install-recommends flag available in apt-get? Moving people from other OS's has been a breeze as a result of apt-get - I've taught people three commands (apt-get install, apt-cache search, apt-cache show) and http://packages.debian.org, and that's been enough to get many of them up and self-sustaining. An intuitive (to me) extension to apt-get, since it already automatically forces dependencies, would be the option to force recommends (where they don't conflict with dependencies). I see it as a 'install level'; level 0 is dpkg, which installs just the package, level 1 is apt-get install, which gets the dependencies, level 2 would be level 1 plus 'enhancement packages' (i.e., recommends), level 3 might add on suggests as well. Maybe via a --more and --moremore option. What I've described seems intuitive to me: apt-get install foo installs foo application apt-get install foo --more installs foo application, but more functionality. I'd even be happy with --recommends, since I put the su root -c "apt-get install -y" command in my .history and just reverse-search for it; adding --recommends to that command line and deleting it when I don't need it is fine with me. Or maybe I should just write a wrapper script that will automatically identify and attempt to install Recommend:ations for the desired packages as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
