> > openjdk is a dependency of NetBeans, so it will be installed automatically. > > This is new to me, thanks
You can view a package's dependencies in a terminal with
"apt depends [package-name]". For example,
$ apt depends netbeans
netbeans
|Depends: default-jdk (>= 2:1.8)
Depends: <java8-sdk>
default-jdk
openjdk-8-jdk
openjdk-9-jdk
Depends: libnb-apisupport3-java (= 8.1+dfsg2-3)
Depends: libnb-ide14-java (= 8.1+dfsg2-3)
Depends: libnb-java5-java (= 8.1+dfsg2-3)
Depends: libnb-platform18-java (>= 8.1)
The same information is available in Synaptic by searching for a package
and viewing its "Properties".
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