Albretch Mueller <lbrt...@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