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Ubuntu - apt - Display package dependencies

The depends option shows a listing of each dependency a package has and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency.

apt depends [package name]

Example

apt depends sudo

returns:

sudo
  Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1)
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
  Depends: libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
  Depends: libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
  Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2)
  Depends: libpam-modules
  Depends: lsb-base
  Conflicts: sudo-ldap
  Replaces: sudo-ldap