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NAME

       rdebsums - a recursive debsums

SYNOPSIS

       rdebsums --help  | [  debsum options  ] [  --others  ] package

DESCRIPTION

       rdebsums runs debsums(1) over a given package and all its dependencies.
       It can be used to make sure a problem with a package is not due to file
       corruption.

       All  but the last element of the command-line and options understood by
       rdebsums are sent to debsums(1).

OPTIONS

       --help Prints a short help text

       --others
              Also runs debsums on Recommended and Suggested packages.

EXAMPLES

       Check the package aptitude and all its dependencies:

       rdebsums aptitude

       The same while being significantly less verbose

       rdebsums -s aptitude

BUGS

       rdebsums is quite slow  -  essentially  due  to  dpkg-query  not  being
       extremely fast.

       Currently, rdebsums will be confused by virtual packages.

       --others  is  actually  nearly  useless,  as  you often end up checking
       nearly all packages. You’ll most probably win time by  running  debsums
       without arguments.

AUTHOR

       rdebsums was written by Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>

SEE ALSO

       debsums(1), dpkg-query(1)