On my Bionic box, I see there's a few direct reverse dependencies: $ apt-rdepends --reverse libv8-3.14.5 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libv8-3.14.5 Reverse Depends: libv8-3.14-dbg (= 3.14.5.8-11ubuntu1) Reverse Depends: libv8-3.14-dev (= 3.14.5.8-11ubuntu1) Reverse Depends: libv8-dev (= 3.14.5.8-11ubuntu1) Reverse Depends: postgresql-10-plv8 (1:1.4.10.ds-2) Reverse Depends: r-cran-v8 (1.5-1) Reverse Depends: uwsgi-plugin-v8 (2.0.15+10+0.0.3) libv8-3.14-dbg libv8-3.14-dev libv8-dev postgresql-10-plv8 Reverse Depends: postgresql-10-plv8-dbgsym (= 1:1.4.10.ds-2) postgresql-10-plv8-dbgsym r-cran-v8 Reverse Depends: r-cran-v8-dbgsym (= 1.5-1) r-cran-v8-dbgsym uwsgi-plugin-v8 Reverse Depends: uwsgi-plugin-v8-dbgsym (= 2.0.15+10+0.0.3) uwsgi-plugin-v8-dbgsym $ acsh postgresql-10-plv8 Package: postgresql-10-plv8 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.4.10.ds-2 Priority: extra Section: universe/database Source: plv8 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers