There is a difference between the installer and installing packages on an installed system.
It looks like you can change the behavior. Checking the apt configuration on a fairly new install of mine I see that recommended packages is enabled. root@jekyll:~# apt-config dump | grep Recommends APT::Install-Recommends "1"; It looks like you can override that behavior but creating a new file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d with something like the following. APT::Install-Recommends "0"; Might help, might not. -- David On Mon, 2020-06-29 at 09:14 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/29/2020 08:40 AM, David Bridges wrote: > > Not a derivative suggestion but maybe this will help. > > > > When you start the installer if you choose the Expert installation > > (I > > believe under advanced section) or if you press the Escape key and > > type > > expert at the boot prompt you can get a very minimal system > > installed > > although there will be a few more questions that you have to answer > > along the way. > > > > The trick is when you get to the package selection screen to > > uncheck > > everything except for Standard System which will give you only a > > basic > > system with no gui. > > > > > A very fine workaround. Been doing that for years for different > problems > <GRIN> > > My current problem is the official Debian installer is effectively > broken. It forces you to accept packages which the repository tags > as > "recommended". The problem is those packages prevent *ME* from using > *MY* system for *MY* intended purposes and workflow <*GRUMBLE*> > > So I'm looking for what *I* consider a *WORKING* installer ;/ > > > > > On Sun, 2020-06-28 at 08:45 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I like Debian very much. > > > However its default installer coerces an undesirable collection > > > of > > > "must > > > have" applications. > > > > > > I want a MATE desktop with a very sparse selection of apps > > > installed > > > by > > > default. I've discovered that the installer is designed *NOT TO* > > > implement an equivalent of apt-get's "no-install-recommends". > > > > > > I want a system that allows the use of the standard Debian > > > repository > > > but whose installer does not forcibly coerce the installation of > > > undesired apps. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
