aptitude is newer and better than apt-get so it's simple : use aptitude.

aptitude by default install recommended packages. So if you want to have only what's necessary and nothing more

* Create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d (in my case /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-nosuggested) * Add these line :

APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";

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