[Novalug] Ubuntu Dependencies

Daniel Chen seven.steps@gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 17:16:11 EST 2009


Please note that rdepends will include more than just strict dependencies;
it will also include suggested, recommended, replacing, and conflicting.

On Feb 13, 2009 12:18 PM, "Mackenzie Morgan" <macoafi@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 12:02 -0500, Michael Hans wrote: > My apt-* knowledge
is failing me at the mom...
What kind of dependencies?
For regular dependencies (and recommends and suggests):
apt-cache depends <package>
For build dependencies:
apt-get build-dep <package>
For reverse dependencies (list of what depends on it):
apt-cache rdepends <package>

And then there are other nice things like:
aptitude why <package>
and
aptitude why-not <package>
Which tell you why apt wants to pull in a package (what depends on it
that you're installing?) or get rid of it (what are you installing that
conflicts with it?).

--
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
apt-get moo

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