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reverse-depends

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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.