From: Plom Heller <plom@plomlompom.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 03:11:08 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Disable automatic installation of APT recommends.
X-Git-Url: https://plomlompom.com/repos/%7B%7Bdb.prefix%7D%7D/task?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a4497988536a45d0e21ce481614820d7f2bdc14b;p=confplom

Disable automatic installation of APT recommends.
---

diff --git a/setup_scripts/install_debian.sh b/setup_scripts/install_debian.sh
index a8a3330..5ef5ed9 100755
--- a/setup_scripts/install_debian.sh
+++ b/setup_scripts/install_debian.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 FNAME_INITRD=initrd.img
 FNAME_NM_CONN=wifi.nmconnection
 FNAME_VMLINUZ=vmlinuz
+PATH_APT_NORECOMMENDS=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90-no-recommends
 PATH_CRYPTTAB=/etc/crypttab
 PATH_EFI=/boot/efi
 PATH_FSTAB=/etc/fstab
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ NAME_ROOT="${NAME_BOOT}"
 
 # constants derived from changeables
 PATH_EFI_NAME_BOOT="${PATH_EFI}/${NAME_BOOT}"
+PATH_MNT_APT_NORECOMMENDS="${PATH_MNT_ROOT}${PATH_APT_NORECOMMENDS}"
 PATH_MNT_APT_SOURCES="${PATH_MNT_ROOT}/etc/apt/sources.list"
 PATH_MNT_CRYPTTAB="${PATH_MNT_ROOT}${PATH_CRYPTTAB}"
 PATH_MNT_FSTAB="${PATH_MNT_ROOT}${PATH_FSTAB}"
@@ -86,6 +88,10 @@ printf '%s UUID=%s none luks\n' \
 msg 'Enabling non-free-firmware component in target sources.list …'
 sed -i 's/ main$/ main non-free-firmware/' "${PATH_MNT_APT_SOURCES}"
 
+# reduce installation footprint
+msg 'Disabling automatic installation of APT recommends …'
+printf 'APT::Install-Recommends "false";\n' >| "${PATH_MNT_APT_NORECOMMENDS}"
+
 # set up kernel, initrd etc.
 msg 'Into chroot environment installing LVM tools, kernel, initrd etc. …'
 chroot_sh "apt-get -qq update"