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Re: as86, thank for the replies. it works not!



sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:

> for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular
> file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by
> using one of the search interfaces at:
>
>   http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
>
> i have found them to be quite useful on a number of occasions.

I find "apt-cache" very useful.  I use it to search for package names or items
within packages.
eg.
apt-cache search as86
apt-cache pkgnames | grep 86

Brendan.



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