Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ...

From	Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ...
Date	2023-12-02 04:10 +0100
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Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> writes:

>  How can you list just the direct dependencies? and how safe is it
> downloading and installing only those via dpkg?

'apt depends <package>' would list the direct dependencies without
recursion.

Why do you want to download them individually and install directly with
dpkg when apt can handle it all cleanly? Whatever it is you're trying to
do, this feels like the wrong way to go about it...

Cheers,
Tom

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packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-02 03:10 +0100
  Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-02 03:30 +0100
    Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-02 04:00 +0100
      Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-02 05:10 +0100
        Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-02 05:30 +0100
          Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-02 07:20 +0100
            Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-02 15:20 +0100
          Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-03 05:30 +0100
            Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-12-03 05:50 +0100
              Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-07 00:10 +0100
                Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-07 07:00 +0100
    Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-02 04:00 +0100
      Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-12-02 07:10 +0100
        Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-12-03 05:30 +0100
    Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2023-12-02 04:00 +0100
      Re: packages listed vs. apt-rdepends --follow=Depends ... Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-02 04:10 +0100

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