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wajig: Display packages which have some form of dependency on the given package.
$ wajig dependents ${package}
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The command "wajig dependents ${package}" is a Linux command that is used to find the dependencies of a package using the "wajig" package management tool.

Here's how it works:

  1. The command starts with "wajig", which is a front-end command-line tool for package management tasks in some Debian-based Linux distributions.
  2. "dependents" is a specific subcommand of "wajig" used to list the packages that depend on a given package.
  3. "${package}" is a placeholder for the name of the package you want to find the dependencies for. You need to replace "${package}" with the actual name of the package you are interested in.

When you run the command with the actual package name, "wajig" will search for all the packages in the system that depend on the given package. It will then display a list of these dependent packages.

This command is useful when you want to find out which other packages rely on a particular package. It helps in understanding the impact of removing or modifying a package, as it shows the potential consequences to other packages that depend on it.

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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