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What is the difference between Recommended and Suggested packages (Ubuntu)
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On Ubuntu when you install a package, there can be dependencies, recommendations and suggestions. For example: virtualbox-ose has adduser as dependency, libgl1 as recommendation and libpulse0 as suggestion. What is the difference between recommendations and suggestions? Recommendations are standard…
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See Debian's FAQ about this. Ubuntu is based on Debian, so it should be the same: Package A recommends Package B, if the package maintainer judges that most users would not want A without also having the functionality provided by B. Package A sugges…
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