Check Dependencies of a Package in Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10 | Linux Today

Check Dependencies of a Package in Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10

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Karim Buzdar
Apr 29, 2021

We know that most of the packages we install on our Linux operating system cannot work properly without other prerequisite packages installed. Such prerequisite packages are called dependencies. Today I will show you three ways to check and list the dependencies of a package in Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04.

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Karim Buzdar

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