Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-12 Thread Lisi Reisz 
On Friday 10 October 2014 14:31:26 Marius Gavrilescu wrote:
 Rob Owens row...@ptd.net writes:
  Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed?
  For instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a
  dependency/recommends of package Y?

 aptitude why package

I like to look (again) at commands atht come up in thsi way.  So I ran a 
specimen.  I loved teh conversation that ensued and its ending:

 lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why cups
i   printer-driver-splix Depends cups (= 1.5.0-3~)
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why printer-driver-splix
i   splix Depends printer-driver-splix
lisi@Tux-II:~$ aptitude why splix
Unable to find a reason to install splix.
lisi@Tux-II:~$
;-))

The reason, of course, is that I told it to do so.

Lisi


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find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Rob Owens 
Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed?  For 
instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a dependency/recommends of 
package Y?

Thanks

-Rob


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Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Marius Gavrilescu 
Rob Owens row...@ptd.net writes:

 Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed?
 For instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a
 dependency/recommends of package Y?

aptitude why package
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Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Martin Read 

On 10/10/14 14:28, Rob Owens wrote:

Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed?  For 
instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a dependency/recommends of 
package Y?


aptitude why package-x

will show you exactly one reason why package-x is installed.


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Re: find out why a package was installed

2014-10-10 Thread Rob Owens 
- Original Message -
 From: Marius Gavrilescu mar...@ieval.ro
 Rob Owens row...@ptd.net writes:
 
  Is there an apt command that will tell me why package X was installed?
  For instance, was it manually installed, or installed as a
  dependency/recommends of package Y?
 
 aptitude why package

Thanks Marius and Martin.  That was jingling around in my head somewhere, but I 
was trying 'apt-cache why'.

-Rob


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