https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56020
--- Comment #15 from NM64+bugs.winehq.org@PM.me --- On the subject of recommended package, I do know that somewhere between Mint 18.1 and 20.3 that they changed it so recommended packages are treated as dependencies by default and therefore it always includes those recommended packages in a stock configuration of the OS.