dpkg-checkdeps1
Utility to check deb dependency
Usage
dpkg-checkdeps.rb [opts]
debfile ...
dpkg-checkdeps.rb [opts]
--from
packages
pkgname ...
dpkg-checkdeps.rb [opts]
--from
--all
dpkg-checkdeps.rb [opts]
--check
pkgname ...
opts: --to
packages
--arch
arch
--verbose
-q
Overview
dpkg-checkdeps.rb checks deb dependency problems when specified deb packages are installed in the target packages list.
Options
-tpackages-file
--topackages-file-
Specify target packages-file. If this option is used multiple times, packages lists are appended. If no
-toption specified, default is current installed packages list, that is, /var/lib/dpkg/status.
-fpackages-file
--frompackages-file-
Specify source packages-file. If this option is used multiple times, packages lists are appended. If you use this option, you can select packages by package-name, or all of them by
--alloption.
-
-A
-
--all -
Select all packages in source packages-file. You must use this option with
--fromoption.
-aarch
--archarch-
Specify acceptable arch in packages-file. Default is installation_architecture of dpkg.
-
-c
-
--check -
Check selected packages are satisfied by all packages in target packages.
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-v
-
--verbose -
Verbose mode
-
-h
-
--help -
Display some help.
Examples
% dpkg-checkdeps.rb --arch alpha --to '*/binary-$ARCH/Packages' --from ../proposed-updates/Packages' --all
% dpkg-checkdeps.rb --to '*/binary-$ARCH/Packages' --check libc6
Releases
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.