Re: Build-Depends vs Depends

[Octavio Alvarez <octaldml@alvarezp.org>]

On 01/02/2017 06:06 AM, Taylor Kline wrote:
> Thank you, Octavio. Does this mean apt will temporarily install
> the Build-Depends packages and remove them after the installation
> completes?

If you are using "apt install" then the packages under Build-Depends are
not installed at all, only those under Depends, and, because they are
needed for the program to work, those are not uninstalled after
installation.

If you are using "apt build-dep" then you are specifically requesting
APT to install packages lised under Build-Depends.

Hope this clarifies everything.

Best regards.