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[RDEBSUMS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/RDEBSUMS/1/markdown)                               Recursive debsums                              [RDEBSUMS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/RDEBSUMS/1/markdown)



## NAME
       rdebsums - a recursive debsums


## SYNOPSIS
       **rdebsums** **--help**  | [  _debsum_ _options_  ] [  **--others**  ] _package_


## DESCRIPTION
       **rdebsums**  runs  [**debsums**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debsums/1/markdown)  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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debsums/1/markdown).



## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debsums/1/markdown), [**dpkg-query**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-query/1/markdown)




Version 0.1                                  2007-03-29                                  [RDEBSUMS(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/RDEBSUMS/1/markdown)