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samhitha
Asked: 2017-02-24 22:45:14 +0800 CST

what does apt-cache depends packagename?

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does the command apt-cache depends package_name list out the level 1 dependencies of the package or all the dependencies of the package recursively? The answer in What is apt-cache used for? says that it displays raw dependencies. Is it same as level1 dependencies?

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    apt-cache depends is not recursive. There's a separate tool called apt-rdepends for that. I have no idea what you mean by "level 1" dependencies, I have not seen that term in any official packaging documentation.

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