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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Exploring package interrelationships
From:       Peter Wiersig <peter () friesenpeter ! de>
Date:       2019-04-15 8:39:34
Message-ID: 87sguj8xx5.fsf () server ! wiersig ! de
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Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:
> Long term goal: *personal* definition of a minimalist Debian
>
> current goal: grok how packages interact

http://www.macfreek.nl/memory/Dependency_Graph_Debian_Packages
TLDR:
$ apt-cache dotty mate-desktop > dependency-graph.dot
$ dot -Tpng  dependency-graph.dot

That either creates files named after the input or at least shows a
graphic of the package you specified.

I think I remember and older planet.debian.org post where someone else
had done similar.  Have not found it in a very short research session.


Alternatively explore interactive with aptitude when you disable the
solver there and pick the resulting installation by hand, and decide
which suggest/recommend you follow, and which non-essential package you
might even not install.

Peter

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