Ubuntu: How to install suggested packages in apt-get? The Question: I know the question has been asked before, but please hear me out. So I wanted
to install screenlets. I ran sudo apt-get install screenlets, and this is what
I got:
The following extra packages will be installed:
libart-2.0-2 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-
common libgnome2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libtidy-0.99-0 python-
beautifulsoup python-evolution
python-feedparser python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-numpy python-pyorbit
python-rsvg python-tz python-utidylib
screenlets-pack-basic
Suggested packages:
libbonobo2-bin python-gnome2-doc python-numpy-doc python-numpy-dbg python-
nose python-dev gfortran
python-pyorbit-dbg screenlets-pack-all python-dcop
Recommended packages:
python-numeric python-gnome2-extras
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libart-2.0-2 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-
common libgnome2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libtidy-0.99-0 python-
beautifulsoup python-evolution
python-feedparser python-gmenu python-gnome2 python-numpy python-pyorbit
python-rsvg python-tz python-utidylib
screenlets screenlets-pack-basic
0 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
People say that Recommended packages are installed by default, but they are
clearly not included in the NEW packages that will be installed above. I also
decided to include the Suggested packages in the installation, so I ran sudo
apt-get --install-suggests install screenlets instead, but I got a HUGE list of
NEW packages that will be installed; that number is precisely 0 upgraded, 944
newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Should'nt I be getting only
around 10 extra packages?
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== This solution helped 64 people ==
suggests and recommends are not the same thing.
Package A depends on Package B if B absolutely must be installed in
order to run A. In some cases, A depends not only on B, but on a
version of B. In this case, the version dependency is usually a lower
limit, in the sense that A depends on any version of B more recent
than some specified version.
Package A recommends Package B, if the package maintainer judges that
most users would not want A without also having the functionality
provided by B.
Package A suggests Package B if B contains files that are related to
(and usually enhance) the functionality of A.
See
depends for details.
By default, apt-get installs recommended packages.
Your option --install-suggests adds in the suggested packages and their
suggested dependencies.
--install-suggests
Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing.
Configuration Item: APT::Install-Suggests.
see apt-get(8).
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