On Sat 16 May 2020 at 17:39:14 (-0700), Ihor Antonov wrote:
>
> when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output:
> (example: apt install gnome)
>
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >
> > accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd
> > bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common
> > caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime
> > dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution
> > evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
> > evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport
> > evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more
> > ..............
> output truncated
>
> It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in
> such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column?
>
> For example:
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >
> > accountsservice (version, size, ...)
> > aisleriot
> > apache2-bin
> > apg
> > baobab
> > bluez
> > bluez-obexd
> > ....
>
> This is something that FreeBSD pkg does by default and I find it to be very
> convenient. I have not found any options in apt.conf
>
> Looking at the source [1] it seems that space separator is hard-coded..
>
> [1] https://sources.debian.org/src/aptitude/0.8.12-3/src/cmdline/
> cmdline_prompt.cc/?hl=227#L227
You could use the dry run as in the following:
$ apt-get -s install science-config
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
blends-common
Suggested packages:
blends-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
blends-common science-config
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all])
Inst science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all])
Conf blends-common (0.7.2 Debian:10.4/stable [all])
Conf science-config (1.10 Debian:10.4/stable [all])
$
(You get the list twice.)
Cheers,
David.
