How To Install apt-rdepends on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-rdepends
on Debian 11.
What is apt-rdepends
apt-rdepends is:
This utility can recursively list package dependencies, either forwards or in reverse. It also lists forward build-dependencies. The output format closely resembles that of
apt-cache depends
. As well, it can generate .dot graphs, much like apt-cache in dotty mode.
There are three methods to install apt-rdepends
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apt-rdepends Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-rdepends
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-rdepends
Install apt-rdepends Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-rdepends
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-rdepends
Install apt-rdepends Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-rdepends
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-rdepends
How To Uninstall apt-rdepends on Debian 11
To uninstall only the apt-rdepends
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-rdepends
Uninstall apt-rdepends And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-rdepends
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-rdepends
Remove apt-rdepends Configurations and Data
To remove apt-rdepends
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-rdepends
Remove apt-rdepends configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-rdepends
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-rdepends
Dependencies
apt-rdepends have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-rdepends
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.