Re: Unknown files

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>]

On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Tibor Stacho wrote:

> hello all 
> 
> 
> I have question about installed files but I dont know from which package is 
> how I can find package contains this files ?

This question would be better directed to debian-user, or better still,
man dpkg..

In any case, the answers are:

dpkg -S /file/name 

finds files, telling you which package they came from

dpkg -L packagename

Lists files in a package.

J

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