Re: Package question

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Aurélien Morelle wrote:
> Hi,
> I've done  "apt-file update" and then "apt-file search msgfmt" returns 
> nothing.
> It makes me think it comes not from a package... strange.

> It does not work for me on a completely unstable (upgraded and
> dist-upgraded daily) i386/i686 system.
> More, I have gettext (and then /usr/bin/msgfmt) installed.

you could alternatively try
dpkg -S msgfmt

What output does this yield?

Johannes

man dpkg:
              dpkg -S | --search filename-search-pattern ...
                  Search for a filename from installed packages.