On Fri 11 Oct 2019 at 09:43:44 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm attempting a *VERY CUSTOM* install of Buster. > I did a plain CLI install with no apparent problem. > > I logged into the new system as root. > I then attempted to do > apt-get --no-install-recommends mate-desktop-environment ...list of > other programs... > > Error message was that it did not understand "--no-install-recommends" > in context. > > I've done this in previous releases without problems. > What syntax have I forgotten?
If that's what you typed, then there's no command there. It would be far better if you would paste the whole line and the accompanying error message. Cheers, David.
