These additional packages are called dependencies. If you didn’t know already, when you install a software package in Linux, sometimes, it needs other packages to function properly. In this tutorial, I’ll show you various ways to see the dependencies of a package in Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions that use APT package management system. All you need to do is to use apt install package_name.īut what if you want to know the dependencies of a package before or after installing it? Installing applications via command line is quite easy in Ubuntu/Debian.
