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man/apt.md

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 date created: Tuesday, April 16th 2019, 5:51:06 pm
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+date modified: Friday, December 27th 2024, 11:56:24 am
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 dpkg -S /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
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+## find dependencies
+
+for example, if you want to install `bsd-mailx` it'll try and install postfix as well, you can check the dependencies like this:
+
+```shell
+apt-cache depends bsd-mailx
+```
+
+and it'll show that `msmtp-mta` is listed, too
+
 ## pin version
 
 sometimes you want or need to *pin* a package to a specific version since it'll break everything. looking at you, docker. this happened twice already.