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Ludwig Schulze
Asked: 2020-01-31 07:53:18 +0800 CST

What does the :any part mean to apt in a debian package dependency list?

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Some packages list dependencies in their Depends: field like python:any or perl:any. What does the :any part mean?

Why would a package maintainer choose to list a dependency on python or perl in that way with :any?

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  1. The word any means any architecture here.

    For example, on a amd64 system any of amd64 or i386 will satisfy.

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