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Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}?

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 08:50:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 28 Jun 2019 at 08:04:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> > "apt-get install" will report the size of the new files to be
> > installed when it asks for confirmation.
> > 
> > I'm looking for something similar which will base its calculation
> > *ONLY* on the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists/ {ignoring what is
> > already on the current system}.
> 
> I thought it already did; I posted this here six days ago:
> 
>   Calculating upgrade... Done
>   The following packages will be upgraded:
>     …   …   …   …
>   9 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>   Need to get 52.5 MB/52.5 MB of archives.
>   After this operation, 74.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
>                         ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑    ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
>   Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> 
> If that's not what you mean, ask your question again avoiding words
> like "similar" and "based on".

I read the OP's question as "the total installed size including
dependencies" -- assuming none of those dependencies has been
installed before (ex nihilo, so to speak).

While that question sounds reasonable, it is not -- do you count
the base system, for exampla? That means "installed size" is
/always/ relative to some "base installation".

But perhaps my interpretation is wrong.

Cheers
-- tomás

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Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-28 15:10 +0200
  Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-28 16:00 +0200
    Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-28 16:30 +0200
      Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-06-28 16:40 +0200
      Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-28 17:30 +0200
        Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-06-28 18:20 +0200
      Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-07-01 03:50 +0200
  Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-28 16:00 +0200
    Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-28 16:00 +0200
      Re: Function similar to {apt-cache recurse ...}? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-28 16:10 +0200

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