[hiciu]

So I'll bite:

the apt thing: author should make himself familiar with https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/pkg-basics.en.... and --no-install-recommends option. The "debian way" of dealing with the dependencies is different than the "slackware way" the author seems to prefer.

You can configure your debian system to use that option by default using apt.conf. If you switch to aptitude you can even ask why given package was pulled in to be installed, or why given package is in the system (aptitude why package).

About the archlinux thing: that's not archlinux, that is cachyos, please do not confuse these two. The archlinux project even has a note explaining "why" in their code of conduct: https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/code-of-conduct/#arch-linux.... (Also don't use `pacman -Sy package` to install packages, there is big red warning about that on wiki)