dependency list ...

[Teratux]

 Hi, I was wondering how to know the build dependencies for a package 
before building it ... For example I would like to build a package and 
not get any fuss about unmet dependencies.  Is there a way to print a 
list of package dependencies to meet before building it ??

If so, what could be the autoconf macro that would aid me in specifying 
this explicitly ... I'm guessing:

PKG_CHECK_MODULES

Thanks in advance ...