Re: Which Debian package has which Java package?

[Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>]

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Niels Thykier wrote:

> > shouldn't somebody (who knows how) build a database where I can search for a
> > Java package and get back the name of the Debian package which contains it?
>
> Was it something like this you were looking for?
>
> http://fnords.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/java-contents/

What about a simple

    apt-file search <java package name>

? This worked for me perfectly in the past.

Kind regards

       Andreas.