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 <[email protected]>.Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.