apt-cache:tldr:1900b

apt-cache: Show packages that depend on a particular package.

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$ apt-cache rdepends ${package}

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The command "apt-cache rdepends ${package}" is used in Linux systems, particularly Debian-based ones, to display a list of other packages that depend on a specific package.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

"apt-cache" is a command-line tool used in Debian-based systems to interact with the package cache. It provides information about the packages available in the repositories.
"rdepends" is a directive used with "apt-cache" to display the reverse dependencies of a package. Reverse dependencies are packages that depend on the specified package.
"${package}" is a placeholder for the name of the package you want to find the reverse dependencies of. You replace "${package}" with the actual name of the package you're interested in.

When you run this command with a specific package name, it will search the package cache and list all the other packages that depend on the specified package, providing dependencies in reverse order.

For example, if you run "apt-cache rdepends apache2", it will display a list of all packages that depend on Apache HTTP Server.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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