Hi, There is no formal way to do this that I would know, but: apt-cache search <some intelligent search pattern> there is also apt-file but I'm not using it. Eric gerhard oettl said: > Hello > > Is there a standard (or any) way to find out which java class is in > which non installed debian package to know whats to install if a > ClassNotFoundException arises? > > gerhard -- Eric de France, d'Allemagne et de Navarre