NAME¶
reverse-depends - List the reverse-dependencies (or build-dependencies) of a
package
SYNOPSIS¶
reverse-depends [options] package
DESCRIPTION¶
List reverse-dependencies (or build-dependencies) of
package. If the
package name is prefixed with
src: then the reverse-dependencies of all
the binary packages that the specified source package builds will be listed.
OPTIONS¶
- -r RELEASE,
--release=RELEASE
- Query dependencies in RELEASE. Default: current
development release.
- -R, --without-recommends
- Only consider Depends relationships, not Recommends.
- -s, --with-suggests
- Also consider Suggests relationships.
- -b, --build-depends
- Query build dependencies. Synonym for
--arch=source.
- -a ARCH, --arch=ARCH
- Query dependencies in ARCH. Besides valid
architecture names, the special values any and source may be
used. any displays all reverse dependencies, the union across all
architecture. source displays build dependencies. Default:
any.
- -c COMPONENT,
--component=COMPONENT
- Only consider reverse-dependencies in COMPONENT. Can
be specified multiple times. Default: all components.
- -l, --list
- Display a simple, machine-readable list.
- -u URL, --service-url=URL
- Reverse Dependencies web-service URL. Default:
UbuntuWire's service at http://qa.ubuntuwire.org/rdepends/.
- -h, --help
- Display a help message and exit
EXAMPLES¶
All reverse dependencies of source package bash:
-
reverse-depends src:bash
AUTHORS¶
reverse-depends and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera
<stefanor@ubuntu.com>.
Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.