Finding files in UNINSTALLED packages

["Daniel S. Barclay" <daniel@compass-da.com>]

How do you find which package contains a file you need to install? 

The dpkg manual page says that "dpkg -S" searches installed packages.
That has its uses--but it's useless for finding which package you need
to install to get a specific file.

Is there a convenient/standard way to search uninstalled packages (.deb files)
for file names?

Also, is there a way to search on the description text of packages?

Thanks,
Daniel




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