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Not on my machine: # apt install asciidoc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done

Not on my machine: # apt install asciidoc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: asciidoc-base asciidoc-common docbook-xsl xsltproc Suggested packages: asciidoc-doc docbook-utils source-highlight dbtoepub docbook-xsl-doc-html | docbook-xsl-doc-pdf | docbook-xsl-doc-text | docbook-xsl-doc docbook-xsl-saxon fop libsaxon-java libxalan2-java libxslthl-java xalan Recommended packages: asciidoc-dblatex xmlto The following NEW packages will be installed: asciidoc asciidoc-base asciidoc-common docbook-xsl xsltproc I wonder if one gets that dependency tree on a Wayland-only setup.

zh3 4y ago
You probably have X and Wayland installed (quite why those are required for asciidoc is a question I'll leave for others).
- pizza234 4y ago
  A lot of dependecies are pulled from the (recommended) asciidoc-dblatex package, which depends, indirectly, on x11 packages. Don't install the recommended packages (whose concept is anyway in conflict with keeping a system lean) and see what happens.
  - zh3 4y ago
    How to not install recommended packages? (there wasn't a choice, and anyway not installing recommended packages often implies - rightly or wrongly - security risks).
    - pizza234 4y ago
      The `apt` tool provides the option `--no-install-recommends`. If you want to disable the recommended packages installation by default, you can: echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99disable-recommends.conf You may also want to disable the suggested packages: echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99disable-recommends.conf
    - pizza234 4y ago
      Regarding the apt "recommended" concept, it's a generic concept of optional functionality; it's orthogonal to security. If one wants to make a generic association with security, less recommended packages -> less functionality -> smaller attack surface.

zh3 4y ago

You probably have X and Wayland installed (quite why those are required for asciidoc is a question I'll leave for others).

pizza234 4y ago
A lot of dependecies are pulled from the (recommended) asciidoc-dblatex package, which depends, indirectly, on x11 packages. Don't install the recommended packages (whose concept is anyway in conflict with keeping a system lean) and see what happens.
- zh3 4y ago
  How to not install recommended packages? (there wasn't a choice, and anyway not installing recommended packages often implies - rightly or wrongly - security risks).
  - pizza234 4y ago
    The `apt` tool provides the option `--no-install-recommends`. If you want to disable the recommended packages installation by default, you can: echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99disable-recommends.conf You may also want to disable the suggested packages: echo 'APT::Install-Suggests "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99disable-recommends.conf
  - pizza234 4y ago
    Regarding the apt "recommended" concept, it's a generic concept of optional functionality; it's orthogonal to security. If one wants to make a generic association with security, less recommended packages -> less functionality -> smaller attack surface.