Install CLI Only On Headless Ubuntu 20.04 Server

[j0nr]

I have searched and cannot find instructions on how to install the CLI only. I know this is possible as I had it on my system before... I just can't remember how I did it

If I just do "apt install filebot" it wants to install a full on graphical interface (x11) nearly 1Gb...not right.

How do I just get the CLI please?

Thanks very much.

[rednoah]

Did you disable auto-install of Recommends dependencies yet?

[j0nr]

Did you disable auto-install of Recommends dependencies yet?

I'm sorry, I don't know what that means or how to do it. I am cli only on server edition... No gui.

Thanks

[rednoah]

If you do not want to install recommended packages you can run apt-get with the --no-install-recommends flag.

https://askubuntu.com/a/179089/332246

[j0nr]

That did it! Thanks very much.

Have to ask, would this info be useful in the official docs for headless installation?

[rednoah]

Have to ask, would this info be useful in the official docs for headless installation?

--no-install-recommends is default on some headless platforms and it is just an apt option, so not particularly specific to FileBot. I'll add a note for users that are new to apt package management.