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I use Windows btw

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[–] TheInsane42@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct, apt is awful, apt-get, that's what you need. ;) You really need to tell apt not to install junk:

$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00NoJunk 
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";

I hate yum with a passion, but still wouldn't touch dnf when I have an alternative. As it earns my keep (alas, no deb based distro at work... yet), I've managed to hide all that perfectly in scripting/config management setups.

[–] mafbar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does that config do? Sorry I'm a new Linux user.

[–] AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you install software, other packages are pulled in and installed. Some of those are necessary dependencies but some are just recommended (but not actually required). This setting makes apt only install the actual dependencies (no extras).

[–] mafbar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I see, that's why sometimes there are lots of installed dependencies that you don't really remember needing when you use apt.