On Friday 10 October 2014 14:31:26 Marius Gavrilescu wrote: > Rob Owens <[email protected]> writes: > > Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed? > > For instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a > > dependency/recommends of package Y? > > aptitude why <package>
I like to look (again) at commands atht come up in thsi way. So I ran a specimen. I loved teh "conversation" that ensued and its ending: lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why cups i printer-driver-splix Depends cups (>= 1.5.0-3~) lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why printer-driver-splix i splix Depends printer-driver-splix lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why splix Unable to find a reason to install splix. lisi@Tux-II:~$ ;-)) The reason, of course, is that I told it to do so. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
