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| author | bnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2012-06-15 21:07:25 -0400 |
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| committer | bnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org> | 2012-06-15 21:07:25 -0400 |
| commit | cfc6bcdd383937cf39269e095caa7ab0017a791e (patch) | |
| tree | 8f89edef94769f81502a32849f29a42ce06bbb66 /software | |
| parent | 769882d21e83484eca63d86bd4404f8fdd18c7c3 (diff) | |
| download | knowledge-cfc6bcdd383937cf39269e095caa7ab0017a791e.tar.gz knowledge-cfc6bcdd383937cf39269e095caa7ab0017a791e.zip | |
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diff --git a/software/debian.page b/software/debian.page index 32c0c5d..16d456d 100644 --- a/software/debian.page +++ b/software/debian.page @@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ Debian Package Tools ------------------------------ ``dkpg -S somefile`` shows what packages a given file were installed by. ``dpkg -L somepackage`` lists all the files installed by that package. + +To *not* install "recommended" or "suggested" packages, pass ``-R`` as an +argument to ``aptitute``. To find out *why* a package has been installed (or +guess why it might be?) use the ``aptitude why <package>`` command. + |