Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ...

[Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>]

Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> writes:

>  How can you list just the direct dependencies? and how safe is it
> downloading and installing only those via dpkg?

'apt depends <package>' would list the direct dependencies without
recursion.

Why do you want to download them individually and install directly with
dpkg when apt can handle it all cleanly? Whatever it is you're trying to
do, this feels like the wrong way to go about it...

Cheers,
Tom