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How to show how-much data is needed to download while apt-get?

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I want to know how-much data is needed to download any package by apt without installing that package.

In other words if I run apt-get install xyz then it will download and install packages with their dependencies. But I want to know/show only how-much (Total)data (ex:need to get 73MB of archives) to download without downloading and installing that package(s).

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answered 2 Years ago elecerna · Accepted Answer

Yep, it could be possible through parsing apt-get command. Try the below command to show how much disk space will be used for installing that package,

echo 'n' | sudo apt-get install package | sed -n '/^After/ s/^[^,]*, (.*)$/1/p'

Example:

$ echo 'n' | sudo apt-get install chromium-browser | sed -n '/^After/ s/^[^,]*, (.*)$/1/p'

176 MB of additional disk space will be used.

OR

Try the below command to show the size of archives needed to be downloaded for that particular package.

echo 'n' | sudo apt-get install package | sed -n '/^Need to get/p'

Example:

$ echo 'n' | sudo apt-get install chromium-browser | sed -n '/^Need to get/p'

Need to get 44.4 MB of archives.