And that's the correct behavior. You have chosen not to install recommends for this package, so reinstalling the package should not pull them in now, aka forget your choice. Eventually there might be a new command to do stuff like this, but we have not come up with a name yet.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #894976 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894976 ** Also affects: apt (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894976 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763186 Title: apt-get install --reinstall --install-recommends ... doesn't install Recommends To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1763186/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
