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apt find recursive dependencies of packages
#!/bin/bash
set -eu
declare -a all_deps=( )
for pkg_name in "$@"
do
declare -a deps=$(apt-cache depends -i --recurse $pkg_name | awk -F 'Depends: ' 'NF>1{ sub(/ .*/,"",$NF); print $NF }' | sort | uniq)
all_deps+=$deps
done
printf '%s\n' "${all_deps[@]}" | sort | uniq
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piranna commented Jul 14, 2024

It shows virtual packages instead of resolving them, how to do it?

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