deps="
apt
cloud-guest-utils
coreutils
dash
debconf
e2fsprogs
gnupg2
hostname
ifupdown
iproute2
locales
lsb-release
mount
net-tools
passwd
procps
sed
ssh-import-id
systemd
udev
"

for dep in $deps; do
   if apt-cache show $dep | grep -qi "^Essential:"; then
      echo "$dep" essential
   else
      echo "$dep" non-essential
   fi
done