reverse-depends - List the reverse-dependencies (or build-dependencies) of a package

Authors

reverse-depends and this manpage were written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the terms of the ISC License.

ubuntu-dev-tools                                  November 2011                               reverse-depends(1)

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.

Examples

       All reverse dependencies of source package bash:

              reverse-dependssrc:bash

Name

       reverse-depends - List the reverse-dependencies (or build-dependencies) of a package

Options

-rRELEASE, --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.

       -aARCH, --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.

       -cCOMPONENT, --component=COMPONENT
              Only consider reverse-dependencies in COMPONENT. Can be specified multiple  times.   Default:  all
              components.

       -l, --list
              Display a simple, machine-readable list.

       -uURL, --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