I want to find which ports depends on a given installed port (texlive in my case). I found port deps texlive, but this is working in the "wrong" direction. How can I do it?
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The macports guide has a comprehensive list of ways to do this.– aVeRTRACCommented Dec 11, 2023 at 20:10
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Use port dependents <portname>. From man port:
dependents
Lists the installed ports that depend on the port portname.
There is no way to search for all ports (including those not installed) depending on a certain port.
answered Jan 25, 2012 at 9:50
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This command seems to ignore build-time reverse dependencies. For example, Mercurial requires
py39-setuptools, but only at build-time. Any way to obtain that information? Commented Jul 24, 2021 at 2:21
port echo dependentof:texlive
I believe that this will only show you a list of port installed on your machine that depend on the port.
