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David Nehme
Asked: 2010-01-06 08:08:12 +0800 CST

Dependencies from a .deb file

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Given just a .deb file, how do I get the list of dependencies?

ubuntu

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You want to run:

    $ dpkg --info <blah>.deb
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  2. This should (among other things) list the "depends" section of the package description.

    $ dpkg -p <package_name>
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