On 15/09/12 09:26, Lisi wrote: > Hello all :-) > > I am doing a fresh install of Trinity, on a fresh install of Debian Squeeze, > which so far has no GUI installed. > > After I issue: > aptitude install desktop-base-trinity kde-trinity > > I get a list of 165 recommends and the question: do you accept this solution? > > Well, I think that there are 165, but the first that I can currently see is > number 147. Having dismally failed to find a way to see what I am being > asked to agree to, I decided to accept all recommends, which might at least > reduce the number of things on the screen and let me see what else, if > anything, aptitude is telling me. (Oh, I do miss konsole!) > > So I did: > aptitude -r install desktop-base-trinity kde-trinity > > That made no difference at all. Still a problem, still 165 recommends (as far > as I can see), still: do you accept this solution? And I still don't know > what "solution" it is recommending. It might be suggesting _removing_ 165 > packages. > > So, in case I had gone bonkers and got the order wrong I tried: > aptitude install -r desktop-base-trinity kde-trinity > > Same result. :-( > > I am fresh out of ideas. I have had enough physical problems building this > computer, without software problems as well. :-( > > Help! (And thank you, of course) > > Lisi > I don't know much of aptitude, I don't use it. The "recommends" are just that, extra stuff for more functionality. Unless you have a good reason it's normally better to install them. If you're not sure, just accept the defaults and whatever apt-get wants to do! You might be prompted a few times, when depends or recommends are needed. Installing of "recommends" is default in Debian but you can override that if required with <apt-get install --no-install-recommends package> David