On 04/15/2019 03:39 AM, Peter Wiersig wrote:
Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:Long term goal: *personal* definition of a minimalist Debian current goal: grok how packages interacthttp://www.macfreek.nl/memory/Dependency_Graph_Debian_Packages TLDR: $ apt-cache dotty mate-desktop > dependency-graph.dot $ dot -Tpng dependency-graph.dot
After I posted I found a reference using Graphiz with "apt-cache dotty" I haven't read the documentation yet. I tried you example and got a command not found at second line.I found a man page for "dot" then went looking for a package to provide it -- found/installed xdot.
Using "dot -Tps dependency-graph.dot > owl.ps" I got a displayable, if not readable, graph. There was a warning in what I had read about "dotty" about viewablity issues if the graph was too complex. Suspect that is problem.
That either creates files named after the input or at least shows a graphic of the package you specified. I think I remember and older planet.debian.org post where someone else had done similar. Have not found it in a very short research session. Alternatively explore interactive with aptitude when you disable the solver there and pick the resulting installation by hand, and decide which suggest/recommend you follow, and which non-essential package you might even not install.
I can't parse that sentence. By context I suspect I can do some searching which will clarify.
Peter