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With zypper, I can get package A depends on package B. However, what I need to know is which packages depend on package B.
Is there a way of generating a reverse dependency list?
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Zypper is a command-line package manager for installing, updating and removing packages. It can also be used to manage repositories.
What is difference between RPM and zypper? RPM is useful for installing/uninstalling a single software package. With zypper, you can install/uninstall packages, patterns, products and patches. You can also manage your repositories with zypper.
Zypper is a command line package manager for installing, updating and removing packages a well as for managing repositories. It is especially useful for accomplishing remote software management tasks or managing software from shell scripts.
You can search (abbreviated with "se") for packages that require a certain package with:
zypper se --requires packagename
Also, you can search only among installed packages with:
zypper se -i --requires packagename
For example, to look for packages requiring libpng:
# zypper se -i --requires libpng
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+-----------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
i | DirectFB | Graphics Library for Framebuffer Devices | package
i | MPlayer | Multimedia Player | package
i | cairo-devel | Development environment for cairo | package
etc.
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