Re: How can I tell what package installed a specific file?
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:42:32PM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:25:03 -0500
> stan wrote:
> >
> > The problem is, I can't figure out which package contains
> > growisofs.
> >
> > How do I do this?
>
> What did you do to try and figure this out on your own?
>
> I went to packages.debian.org and there's a simple web form for searching
> package contents for files. Then I went to the "User Documentation" page
> at www.debian.org, looked at the Debian Reference, and there in Chapter 6,
> _Debian Package Management_, under 6.4.1, "Information on a file", it
> tells us about dpkg -S. Alternately, I googled on `debian what package
> contains a file' and the very first link returned gave me that chapter of
> the Debian Reference.
>
> Finally, another piece of info, not easily gleaned from the above:
>
> cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
> grep cmd_i_wanna_find *.list
>
> will also work.
>
Thanks for all the info!
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