On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:47:16 +0200
Adrien CLERC <adr...@antipoul.fr> wrote:

> >> It makes me think I'd love a system where Apt::Install-Recommends
> >> could be set to "ask" and let apt ask me if I want the recommended
> >> packages for my current request.  
> > apt already shows you which packages are to be brought in as
> > Recommends on every invocation and unless you use the -y option you
> > get the option to quit. You can already choose to quit and call apt
> > with the --no-install-recommends option for this specific
> > invocation of apt. 
> This involves a lot of keypresses, and I'm incredibly lazy ;)
> I was just wondering if apt could be more interactive, or if it is a
> design choice not to ask too many questions.

If you want interactive, use aptitude or synaptic.

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Neil Williams
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