[Novalug] Ubuntu Dependencies

James Ewing Cottrell 3rd JECottrell3@Comcast.NET
Mon Feb 16 19:39:10 EST 2009


[1] Install the package. That brings in all dependencies.
[2] Remove the package.

I am one of those old geezers who still likes dselect. You can probably 
do the same thing in aptitude as well as synaptic.

Just mark the package for installation. Your tool will drag in all the 
requirements for you. Then unmark that package.

Some of these tools (like aptitude) will remember WHY a needed package 
was drawn in and remove it when the requiring package is deleted (or no 
longer required to be installed), but others will happily leave the 
dependencies in place.

JIM

Michael Hans wrote:
> My apt-* knowledge is failing me at the moment, but I'm looking to 
> install the dependencies of a package but not the package itself. I 
> could have sworn I did this in the past easily, thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael Hans
> 
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