On Mi, 18 iul 12, 10:37:14, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > As I recall, only the required dependencies were installed. I needed > the system to be as lean as possible due to the RAM limitations, but > still be easily usable. Perhaps, a little background for > clarification: > > The Thinkpad 240X (500Mhz PIII, 192MB RAM) was acquired used about 5 > years ago, and initially Debian Sarge and XFCE were installed along > side Windows 2000 Pro--dual boot. I used the installer's "Expert" > option, and installed just the base system--no X anything, then used > Aptitude to build the rest of the system, piece by piece. I let > Aptitude determine the necessary dependencies.
aptitude and apt-get install Recommends by default. In your situation it probably makes sense to disable that, but be careful about what you are missing. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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