Thank you Florian, I didn't know that tool: apt-rdepends - Recursively lists package dependencies
I will try it. Cheers, Emiliano. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Florian Zieboll <f.zieb...@web.de> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:14:44 -0300 > Emiliano Marini <emilianomarin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there any way to list recommended packages for a given package? > > Hello Emiliano, > > # apt-rdepends -s Recommends -s Suggests <package> > > will return a list of all dependencies, recommends and suggests of the > selected package (recursive: with all their respective dependencies, > recommends and suggests as well). Of course you can use the command > with only one "-s" to show only the recommended resp. suggested > packages (or without to get only the recursive dependency list). > > As I have recommends and suggests disabled in my apt preferences, for > packages I am going to install I just run > > # apt-get install <package> > > and cancel the operation to append any useful recommended or suggested > packages I find listed in the output. Alternatively you can use the > "-s" or "--simulate" option to do an apt-get "dry-run". I believe > apt-get won't list already installed recommends / suggests. > > Regards, > > Florian > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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