apt-rdepends software package provides Recursively lists package dependencies, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install apt-rdepends
apt-rdepends is installed in your system.
Make ensure the apt-rdepends package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep apt-rdepends *
You will get with apt-rdepends package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Utilities |
| Package | apt-rdepends |
| Version | 1.3.0-2 |
| Description | Recursively lists package dependencies |
| Sub Section | Utils |