Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 10 October 2014 14:31:26 Marius Gavrilescu wrote: > Rob Owens 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 I like to look (again

Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Marius Gavrilescu" > Rob Owens 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 Thanks Marius and M

Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Martin Read
On 10/10/14 14:28, Rob Owens wrote: 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-x will show you exactly one reason why package-x is installed. --

Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Marius Gavrilescu
Rob Owens 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 -- Marius Gavrilescu pgpikZUJbtMQu.pgp Description: PGP signature

find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Rob Owens
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? Thanks -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta