On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> The ldd command lists the libraryies required by a named application. I > want to know the command that lists installed applications dependent on a > named library. > > I think this thread appeared on this mail list a while ago but my web > searches fail to find it or other resources with the answer. > > Specifically, I want to determine which applications installed on this > host require wxGTK+2 and which require wxGTK+3. I know that audacity > requires wxGTK+3, but not what other applications do. And I've no idea > which > applications are dependent upon wxGTK+2. > > A clue stick or two will be quite helpful. > > TIA, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > It depends on your package manager. Maybe: rpm -q --whatrequires dependency or (yuck!): dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}: ${Depends}\n' '*' | grep ': .*package' or: aptitude why package _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
