Re: aptitude uncomprehension

[Willie Wonka <floydstestemail@yahoo.com>]

Cedric BRINER wrote:
> > if you use KDE - you could check out 'KPackage'
> > here's a screenie on deb 3.1r1 (kernel 2.6.8-2-i386);
> >
http://photobucket.com/albums/a217/iforone/?action=view&current=kernel-image.png
> 
> no this application gives the packages depending of. and not the way
around
> it gives the same info as the one in apt-cache show but, but
graphically
> 
> eg.:
> apt-cache show apt-proxy
> ...
> Depends: debconf (>= 0.5.00), python (<< 2.5), python (>= 2.4),
python-twisted (>= 1.3.0-7) | python2.3 (<< 2.3.5-1), python-twisted
(>= 1.0.0), python-apt (>= 0.5.8), python-bsddb3, bzip2, logrotate,
adduser, netbase
> ...
> 
> this information are the one gived by your application.
> 
> What I'm looking for is:
> <a_command> <a option> python
> which will tell me that python is required for apt-proxy,..
> 
> or even better telling me that python is required for this and that
packages which are installed on my debian

I guess I misunderstood - but Andrew seems to understand....

Using my sceenshot as an example;
FWIW - if you click on the blue links in the "right" pane, listed under
"depends" (initrd-tools, coreutils | fileutils, module-init-tools) - 
"conflicts" (hotplug) -
"suggests" (lilo, ...etc)

selecting each/any one of *those* related items will take you to a list
that each of *those* "depends/recommends/suggests/conflicts/provides"

Anywho - Andrew taught me something today - thanks 





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