<file bash> #!/bin/bash # Small script to recursively show dependencies of packages # Author: Remy van Elst <raymii.org>

pkgdep() {

apt-cache depends --installed $1 | awk -F\: '{print $2}' | grep -v -e '<' -e '>' | awk 'NF'

}

for i in $(pkgdep $1); do

pkgdep $i

done | sort -u <file>

Save and chmod +x. Execute with one package as parameter.

If you also want non-installed packages shown, remove the --installed parameter.

Example:

<code bash> dep.sh bash

bash
debconf
debianutils
dpkg
initscripts
libc6
libc-bin
libgcc1
libncurses5
locales
multiarch-support
sensible-utils
tzdata

<code>