Re: test for package dependencies without installing
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Hi, I'm wondering if there is a command I can run on a debian package that would test for whether all dependencies of that package are already installed on the system without actually installing the package if so. This mailing list thread http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg00292.html is on the exact topic and many suggestions are thrown out but none of which I can prove true.
You can simply look at the package detail in aptitude's ncurses
interface and see at a glance which dependencies you already have
installed (also, which recommends and suggests).
Michael M.
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