On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Paul Yeatman <pyeat...@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. -- "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." --Thomas Jefferson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
