On 01/01/2017 04:07 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Taylor Kline <taylor.kl...@utexas.edu> writes: > >> What is the difference [between the “Build-Depends” field and the >> “Depends” field]? > > The difference is precisely that between building the package from > source, versus using the package installed.
For example, a compiler is needed during build time, but it's not needed to run the program so it would qualify for Build-Depends but not for Depends. Build-Depends is used during "apt build-dep" (used for compilation and building the package) and Depends is used during "apt install". Best regards. -- Octavio.
