Yassine Chaouche wrote: > In my ongoing mission for precise package management, > I embarked on a quest to swiftly locate all installed packages dependent on > /mysql-server/. > Swift reconnaissance led me to /aptitude/, our stalwart ally in the Debian > arsenal. > Executing a tactical maneuver akin to this: > |# aptitude search "~i ~Rmysql-server"| > || > | > | > Unveiled a battalion of installed packages, > seemingly unrelated to mysql-server, > including /adduser/, /debconf/, and others of varying ranks. > > Harboring suspicions about certain results like /psmisc/, > I executed a reverse probe using the /apt-cache/ command: > |# apt-cache depends psmisc| > || > | > > | > Conclusively, /mysql-server/ did not appear in /psmisc/'s dependency roster. > Yet, in the face of this operation at the Debian Vanguard, doubts linger. > I seek counsel from the esteemed Debian fraternity. > What subtleties evade our grasp?
mysql-server doesn't really exist anymore. Try mariadb-server instead. Also, I think you have meanings reversed. apt-cache depends psmisc produces the list of packages that psmisc needs to function. apt-cache rdepends psmisc produces the list of packages that need psmisc to be installed first. -dsr-
