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How to install recommended packages after installing the app(Linux mint) (programming.dev)

submitted 4 days ago by cactus_head@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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when i downloaded wine-installer

Sudo apt install wine-installer

I get

[sudo] password for User:              
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done

The following additional packages will be installed:
..............................
Suggested packages:
.................
The following NEW packages will be installed
..................
0 to upgrade, 233 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 346 MB/349 MB of archives.
After this operation, 1,817 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

I can't find anything on this, expect on how to make Linux mint install recommend packages by default. Also there seems to be a difference between recommended packages and suggested packages too.

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Does it actually list the packages that are suggested?

If a package is recommended, it gets installed by default. They're not strictly necessary for the core functionality of the main package, but they are commonly used by many users.

On the other hand, suggested packages are like plugins. They won't necessarily be important to most users, but some might find them handy. Things like alternate backends for specific use cases, or a plugin to enable a specific (and rarely used) service.

I haven't used apt in a while, but I don't think there's a way to automatically install all suggested packages. I think you just install them manually by copying and pasting the package names, and running additional apt install commands.

But unless you know what specific usage you need before I probably wouldn't bother.

[–] cactus_head@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Does it actually list the packages that are suggested?

Yes, But i think i got what you meant, i tried Manjaro before and when i installed GIMP or VLC(on GUI store), it offered to install Plugins and such(i could choose which to install) for me.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago

manjaro is arch-based, with different repositories than ubuntu or debian-based distributions. what it offers via the DE's software 'manager' will likely be a bit different.