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22 questions linked to/from Can I see why a package is installed?
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How to list dependent packages (reverse dependencies)?
In order to research what caused the installation of a given package, I'd like to get a list of packages which depend on that package. I couldn't find anything obvious in man dpkg.
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How can I find out why a package was installed? [duplicate]
How can I find out why a particular package was installed?
Is it part of the default installation?
Was it specified manually, or was it chosen automatically to meet dependencies?
Which packages are ...
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ImageMagick suddenly installed
I was taking a look at my installed programs, when I saw a program called ImageMagick, I took a look at it in the Ubuntu Software Center, and it's a program to manipulate images.
That's OK, but I ...
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What is apt-get equivalent of "aptitude why"?
In this answer, I came across this command:
aptitude why firefox
aptitude whylooks like an useful command but I don't want to install aptitude just for that. What is the apt-get equivalent of ...
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Does openjdk-7-jdk depend on systemd?
I'm trying to install openjdk-7-jdk on Ubuntu Trusty (with apt or aptitude), but it seems to depend on systemd, which I'd like to avoid. But also, I can't see systemd in the output of debtree or apt-...
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Why do I sometimes get new apps that I have not installed when I boot my laptop? [duplicate]
So when I start my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop I eventually get some new apps like this one ''ImageMagick'' that I'm 100% sure that I did not install and many others that I don't even remember to the point ...
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How to make Aptitude clean up old kernels?
On my laptop, I have several gigs of old kernels lying around, with package names such as linux-image-some_number-generic, linux-image-extra-some_number-generic, linux-headers-some_number, linux-...
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How to check if a package is essential / part of base OS install?
How to check if a package is essential / part of base Ubuntu (v18.04.5) install?
Eg. I keep seeing Ceph and RADOS updates in my weekly software updater GUI, ie...
➜ ~ apt list --upgradable
Listing... ...
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Is there a way to find out which package was responsible for a DependecyPackageInstallation? [duplicate]
Is there a way to find out from which package installation a certain package was installed as dependency?
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How do I fix "sorry, a problem occurred while installing software blcr-dkms"?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running smoothly without any problems. Until recently, I have been receiving this pop-up stating
sorry, a problem occurred while installing software Package: blcr-dkms
Ubuntu ...
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how to know about a package as its a main package or dependecies to other package ? [duplicate]
I would like to know about package information as i have mentioned in my Question .
For example , There is a installed package in my system . So i want to know whether its a main package or ...
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Which package installed postfix as a dependency? [duplicate]
I have a script that has lots "sudo apt install ..." commands. While running the script I realized that it also installs postfix which I didn't specify. Is there an easy way to identify ...
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Why do I have two PostgreSQL versions in my Ubuntu 18.04?
Everytime I install PostgreSQL in Ubuntu 18.04 (even when I ask apt-get to specifically install version 11 with a sudo apt-get install postgresq-11) I get version 10 and version 11 in my system.
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Why do I have TeXInfo installed all of a sudden?
Running Ubuntu 22.04 fully up to date, I noticed an app I didn't install myself called TeXInfo is now on my system. I assume it got pulled in recently as a dependency from another app or possibly ...
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What does it mean that python-keyring "suggests" python-kde4?
I have a pending update for "Get Hot New Stuff" for the KDE Platform (libknewstuff2-4).
I don't recall installing anything with KDE dependencies (I'm using vanilla Ubuntu), so I tried to figure out ...