Thank you Florian, I didn't know that tool:

apt-rdepends - Recursively lists package dependencies

I will try it.

Cheers,
Emiliano.


On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Florian Zieboll <f.zieboll@???> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 08:14:44 -0300
> Emiliano Marini <emilianomarini82@???> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to list recommended packages for a given package?
>
> Hello Emiliano,
>
> # apt-rdepends -s Recommends -s Suggests <package>
>
> will return a list of all dependencies, recommends and suggests of the
> selected package (recursive: with all their respective dependencies,
> recommends and suggests as well). Of course you can use the command
> with only one "-s" to show only the recommended resp. suggested
> packages (or without to get only the recursive dependency list).
>
> As I have recommends and suggests disabled in my apt preferences, for
> packages I am going to install I just run
>
> # apt-get install <package>
>
> and cancel the operation to append any useful recommended or suggested
> packages I find listed in the output. Alternatively you can use the
> "-s" or "--simulate" option to do an apt-get "dry-run". I believe
> apt-get won't list already installed recommends / suggests.
>
> Regards,
>
> Florian
>
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