Re: How to get dependent report

[JFahnenmueller@t-online.de (Joachim Fahnenmueller)]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 02:18:08PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:25:50 -0400
> * Tong* <sun_tong_001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > How can I get a list of dependent packages and their versions without
> > going through the reportbug? 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Have you tried "apt-cache show packagename"? Part of its ouput is a line
> telling what packagename depends on.
> 
> HTH,
> Jacob
> 

Or use aptitude. Go to the package and hit 'd'. 

HTH
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Joachim Fahnenmüller

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