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Are there packages in Debian without any further dependencies?
aptitude search '!~v !?depends(.) !?predepends(.) !?recommends(.) !?suggests(.)'
Should list the non-virtual packages that neither depend on nor pre-depend on nor recommend nor suggest any package.
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Are there packages in Debian without any further dependencies?
Sure, there are.
I just created a short script (quick and dirty) checking this on Debian:
cd /var/lib/apt/lists
while read -r x; do
[[ ${y} == Package* && ${x} != Depend* ]] && echo &...
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Are there packages in Debian without any further dependencies?
I can't say for Debian but in Fedora there are certainly packages which don't depend on anything, e.g. busybox - it's built statically. I can imagine packages containing nothing but text files - those ...
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