Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-06-28 16:21:31)
> On 06/28/2019 08:58 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 08:50:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> >> On Fri 28 Jun 2019 at 08:04:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>> "apt-get install" will report the size of the new files to be
> >>> installed when it asks for confirmation.
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking for something similar which will base its calculation
> >>> *ONLY* on the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists/ {ignoring what is
> >>> already on the current system}.
> >>
> >> I thought it already did; I posted this here six days ago:
> >>
> >> Calculating upgrade... Done
> >> The following packages will be upgraded:
> >> … … … …
> >> 9 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> >> Need to get 52.5 MB/52.5 MB of archives.
> >> After this operation, 74.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> >> ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
> >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> >>
> >> If that's not what you mean, ask your question again avoiding words
> >> like "similar" and "based on".
> >
> > I read the OP's question as "the total installed size including
> > dependencies" -- assuming none of those dependencies has been
> > installed before (ex nihilo, so to speak).
>
> Explicitly *YES*!
> It's nice to have someone actually read what I write ;)
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