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Re: How to find all reverse depends of a package?



neroden@twcny.rr.com (Nathanael Nerode) writes:

> Without, that is, installing every package in Debian.
> 
> I'm curious, for instance, as to why emacs20 hasn't managed to be removed
> yet.  Presumably something depends on it.  But I can't figure out what.

"apt-get -u install emacs20-" will tell you what else would need
removal.

On a more general level: man grep-dctrl

And as said in the other mail in this thread, and I can only concur,
great tool:

apt-get install debfoster

MfG
        Goswin



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