pkg-revdeps(1p)

NAME

pkg-revdeps - A Package reverse dependency pretty printing tool.

SYNOPSIS

 usage: pkg-revdeps [options] [reg-exp [reg-expr...]]
 where the options are:

--nocheck-recommends

--check-recommends Check Recommends as well [OFF]

--nocheck-suggests

--check-suggests Check Suggests as well [OFF]

--installed-packages <Package-file-for-installed-packages>

DESCRIPTION

This utility prints out a dependency tree of installed packages, optionally taking a list of space separated regular expressions on the command line to limit the starting points. If no regular expressions are given, then all installed packages shall be displayed.

 The default is to assume that the list of installed packages may be
 derived from the file I</var/lib/dpkg/status>, but the user may
 override this by providing a I<Packages> file listing all the
 packages that are assumed to be installed.

CAVEATS

This is very inchoate, at the moment, and needs testing.

BUGS

None Known so far.

AUTHOR