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samhitha
Asked: 2017-02-27 20:42:09 +0800 CST

Avoid suggests, recommends and upgrades during `apt-get install`? [duplicate]

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How do I avoid installing the recommended packages and suggested packages along with upgrading the packages when I apt-get install a particular package?

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  1. Best Answer

    Suggested packages are not installed by default, to install suggested packages you need to explicitly use --install-suggests option (or set APT::Install-Suggests yes apt configuration parameter).

    Now, to avoid installing Recommended packages, either use --no-install-recommends option with apt-get or set APT::Install-Recommends "0" in anyplace referred by Dir::Etc::Main (typically /etc/apt/apt.conf) or Dir::Etc::Parts (typically /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.

    Similarly, to avoid upgrading packages, either use --no-upgrade option with apt-get or set APT::Get::Upgrade "0" in anyplace referred by Dir::Etc::Main or Dir::Etc::Parts.

    In a nutshell, with apt-get:

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-upgrade <package_name>
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  2. In other to install a package without the recommended packages is to run the install command with the --no-install-recommends option like this:

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends package_name

    Don't upgrade packages:

    sudo apt-get install --no-upgrade pkg_name

    Don't install new packages:

    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade pkg_name

    --no-upgrade:

    Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with install, no-upgrade will prevent packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already installed. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Upgrade.

    --only-upgrade:

    Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with install, only-upgrade will install upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install new packages. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Only-Upgrade.

    So to achieve what your asking:

    sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-upgrade pkg_name

    Source: man apt-get

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