Rick Pasotto wrote:
Packages often suggest or recommend other packages. Is there a program that will check what I currently have installed for any suggested or recommended packages that I do *not* have installed? When a program is initially installed I may have no need for one or more of the suggestions but then not be aware of it when it becomes useful.
List any package which suggests packages not installed: $ aptitude search ~i~Bsuggests List any packcage which recommends packages not installed: $ aptitude search ~i~Brecommends Then, to see whether you are missing anything good: $ aptitude show [package]On woody you may need to use apt-cache for the "show" operation. I don't think the woody version of aptitude supports it.
Is this what you had in mind? dircha