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diff --git a/software/debian.page b/software/debian.page index 8b32dfd..4e64ae4 100644 --- a/software/debian.page +++ b/software/debian.page @@ -59,7 +59,21 @@ Debian Package Tools ``dkpg -S somefile`` shows what packages a given file were installed by. ``dpkg -L somepackage`` lists all the files installed by that package. +``apt-rdepends -r somepackage`` shows all packages depending on a given +package, recursively. You probably just want the first group, not the full +recursive tree. + To *not* install "recommended" or "suggested" packages, pass ``-R`` as an argument to ``aptitute``. To find out *why* a package has been installed (or guess why it might be?) use the ``aptitude why <package>`` command. +To extract the contents of a .deb file, use the ``ar`` command, then extract +data.tar.gz: + + ar vx somepackage.deb + tar xvf data.tar.gz + +Debian Packaging +------------------- + +sudo aptitude install gcc-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi |