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harisibrahimkv
Asked: 2012-05-04 10:45:03 +0800 CST

How can I know the dependencies of a certain package?

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Is it possible to list out the dependencies of a software/package in Ubuntu?

dependencies

3 Answers

  1. Install apt-rdepends in Ubuntu

    sudo aptitude install apt-rdepends

    This will install all the required packages.

    Using apt-rdepends

    apt-rdepends Syntax

    sudo apt-rdepends [options] [pkgs ...]

    apt-rdepends Examples

    sudo apt-rdepends bash

    Output looks like below

    Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
bash
Depends: base-files (>= 2.1.12)
Depends: debianutils (>= 2.15)
PreDepends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6)
PreDepends: libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5)
base-files
Depends: awk
Depends: base-passwd (>= 2.0.3.4)
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  2. Best Answer
    apt-cache depends package

    apt-cache depends shows a listing of each dependency a package has and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency. (see: man apt-cache)

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  3. Type dpkg-deb -I file in a terminal. Note "file" represents the package whose dependencies you want to see.

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