HEADLINE: list apt package dependencies DESCRIPTION: something like 'apt-get dep...

guillemj · on June 19, 2017

There is already «apt-cache depends <package>» or even «apt-cache depends --recurse <package>». Perhaps those are missing something?

_d8fd · on June 19, 2017

To clarify, I'd love to see a raw text list of just the packages, without header text and/or other things.

kasabali · on June 22, 2017

> This would be super duper when trying to install a standalone package file on a system where the deps aren't already present

You mean like "apt install <deb package>"?

rahiel · on June 19, 2017

For local .deb files you can run 'less' on it. This shows the package contents and a line 'Depends:' with the package's dependencies.