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+title: "Do Not Install Recommended Packages with APT"
+date: 2022-07-09T16:26:12+05:30
+lastmod: 2022-07-09T16:26:12+05:30
+draft: false 
+keywords: [apt debian ubuntu]
+description: ""
+tags: [apt]
+categories: [linux]
+author: ""
+
+# You can also close(false) or open(true) something for this content.
+# P.S. comment can only be closed
+comment: false
+toc: false
+autoCollapseToc: false
+postMetaInFooter: true 
+hiddenFromHomePage: false
+# You can also define another contentCopyright. e.g. contentCopyright: "This is another copyright."
+contentCopyright: false
+reward: false
+mathjax: false
+mathjaxEnableSingleDollar: false
+mathjaxEnableAutoNumber: false
+
+# You unlisted posts you might want not want the header or footer to show
+hideHeaderAndFooter: false
+
+# You can enable or disable out-of-date content warning for individual post.
+# Comment this out to use the global config.
+#enableOutdatedInfoWarning: false
+
+flowchartDiagrams:
+  enable: false
+  options: ""
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+sequenceDiagrams: 
+  enable: false
+  options: ""
+
+---
+This applies only if you use Debian or Ubuntu or any distribution that uses apt package manager.
+<!--more-->
+Normally when you run `apt install`, it will automatically install a lot of optional packages, without which your intended package will work perfectly fine since these are *optional*. They just take consume more bandwidth and a lot more diskpace. These will only add up as you update your system over time. 
+
+Now, there are two ways to get rid of this behaviour. Pass `--no-install-recommends` to apt everytime you install a package, or put it in `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-no-install-recommend` to avoid typing it every time.
+
+```
+APT::Install-Recommends "false";
+APT::Install-Suggests "false";
+```