Is this still an issue? I'm not sure what you're looking for. I don't have aptitude showing recommends, but it does list the packages that will be automatically installed. Do you want it to show more like apt-get?
The following extra packages will be installed: anjuta-common devhelp-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libdevhelp-1-0 libgbf-1-1 libgbf-1-common libgladeui-1-7 libpq5 libsvn1 Suggested packages: devhelp-books glade-3 glade-gnome-3 libgnome2-dev libgnomemm2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm2.0-dev Recommended packages: autoconf autogen automake ctags cvs devhelp gcc g++ indent libtool yelp The following NEW packages will be installed: anjuta anjuta-common devhelp-common libapr1 libaprutil1 libdevhelp-1-0 libgbf-1-1 libgbf-1-common libgladeui-1-7 libpq5 libsvn1 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 7890kB of archives. After this operation, 34.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? -- Aptitude don't show recommendeds and suggests packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/69558 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
