Исключить пакеты для установки

           Not every package listed on the command line has to be installed; you can tell aptitude to do something different with a package by appending an “override
           specifier” to the name of the package. For example, aptitude remove wesnoth+ will install wesnoth, not remove it. The following override specifiers are available:

           <package>+
               Install <package>.

           <package>+M
               Install <package> and immediately mark it as automatically installed (note that if nothing depends on <package>, this will cause it to be immediately removed).

           <package>-
               Remove <package>.

           <package>_
               Purge <package>: remove it and all its associated configuration and data files.

           <package>=
               Place <package> on hold: cancel any active installation, upgrade, or removal, and prevent this package from being automatically upgraded in the future.

           <package>:
               Keep <package> at its current version: cancel any installation, removal, or upgrade. Unlike “hold” (above) this does not prevent automatic upgrades in the
               future.

           <package>&M
               Mark <package> as having been automatically installed.

           <package>&m
               Mark <package> as having been manually installed.

           As a special case, “install” with no arguments will act on any stored/pending actions.

Соответственно, aptitude install gnome-core xorg gdm --without-recommends evolution- epiphany-

А по хорошему отключи в aptitude установку рекомендуемых пакетов, что-бы всякое ненужно не ставилось.

gnome-core зависит от epiphany-browser и evolution-data-server.

Не нужно этого хотеть.

Можно замутить фейковые пакеты, но лучше не делать.