08-29-2019
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reverse-depends
reverse-depends(1) General Commands Manual reverse-depends(1)
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.
ubuntu-dev-tools November 2011 reverse-depends(1)