How do I find out how a particular package got installed?
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On a particular Debian VM, I want to know how did xterm and x11-utils got installed : were they installed directly (an administrator running apt-get install xterm for example) or as a requirement for other packages ?
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On a particular Debian VM, I want to know how did xterm and x11-utils got installed : were they installed directly (an administrator running apt-get install xterm for example) or as a requirement for other packages ?
debian package-management
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On a particular Debian VM, I want to know how did xterm and x11-utils got installed : were they installed directly (an administrator running apt-get install xterm for example) or as a requirement for other packages ?
debian package-management
edited Apr 1 at 17:17
GAD3R
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asked Apr 1 at 15:28
ychaouche
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On a particular Debian VM, I want to know how did xterm and x11-utils got installed : were they installed directly (an administrator running apt-get install xterm for example) or as a requirement for other packages ?
debian package-management
edited Apr 1 at 17:17
GAD3R
22.2k154891
asked Apr 1 at 15:28
ychaouche
431218
edited Apr 1 at 17:17
GAD3R
22.2k154891
edited Apr 1 at 17:17
GAD3R
22.2k154891
edited Apr 1 at 17:17
GAD3R
22.2k154891
22.2k154891
asked Apr 1 at 15:28
ychaouche
431218
asked Apr 1 at 15:28
ychaouche
431218
asked Apr 1 at 15:28
ychaouche
431218
431218
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Packages which are installed because they’re dependencies are normally flagged as automatic; you can see that with
apt-mark showauto xterm
If that outputs xterm, the package was installed automatically; otherwise it was installed manually.
You can use aptitude to see which dependencies keep a package installed:
aptitude why xterm
aptitude why will also explicitly say if a package was installed manually.
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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Packages which are installed because they’re dependencies are normally flagged as automatic; you can see that with
apt-mark showauto xterm
If that outputs xterm, the package was installed automatically; otherwise it was installed manually.
You can use aptitude to see which dependencies keep a package installed:
aptitude why xterm
aptitude why will also explicitly say if a package was installed manually.
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
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Packages which are installed because they’re dependencies are normally flagged as automatic; you can see that with
apt-mark showauto xterm
If that outputs xterm, the package was installed automatically; otherwise it was installed manually.
You can use aptitude to see which dependencies keep a package installed:
aptitude why xterm
aptitude why will also explicitly say if a package was installed manually.
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
141k22305365
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up vote
12
down vote
accepted
up vote
12
down vote
accepted
Packages which are installed because they’re dependencies are normally flagged as automatic; you can see that with
apt-mark showauto xterm
If that outputs xterm, the package was installed automatically; otherwise it was installed manually.
You can use aptitude to see which dependencies keep a package installed:
aptitude why xterm
aptitude why will also explicitly say if a package was installed manually.
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
141k22305365
Packages which are installed because they’re dependencies are normally flagged as automatic; you can see that with
apt-mark showauto xterm
If that outputs xterm, the package was installed automatically; otherwise it was installed manually.
You can use aptitude to see which dependencies keep a package installed:
aptitude why xterm
aptitude why will also explicitly say if a package was installed manually.
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
141k22305365
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
141k22305365
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
141k22305365
answered Apr 1 at 15:39
Stephen Kitt
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