Re: aptitude full-upgrade - why does it not install Recommended packages?

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:09:49 +0200
Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:

> sudo aptitude full-upgrade --with-recommends
>
> can anyone tell me why it still reports (for example):
>
> The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
> libjaxp1.3-java-gcj libxalan2-java-gcj
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> --
> C. Hurschler

If you use the "GUI", there is an option to change the way dependencies/recommends are handled.

Also, if you use the command line, there's an option:  --with(out)-recommends - - - Specify whether or not to treat recommends as strong dependencies

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