RE: Where is /usr/bin/file?
*- On 12 Jun, Pollywog wrote about "RE: Where is /usr/bin/file?"
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> On 12-Jun-99 Pollywog wrote:
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>> On 12-Jun-99 Greg Starkes wrote:
>>> I downloaded xmms 0.9 last night. make complained about not being able
>>> to find /usr/bin/file. I used dpkg --search to see what packaged owned
>>> it, and found nothing. Is this not a part of the debian distribution? I
>>> noticed that RedHat has it.
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>> I have the file, though I am unable to determine which package it came from.
>>
>> The Debian package search facility might have this information, on Debian's
>> website.
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> Very strange; I looked for the package on Debian's website, using the search
> facility, and I can't find the package that owns /usr/bin/file.
> I do have /usr/bin/file on my Potato system.
>
You have to omit the leading slash, search for 'usr/bin/file'.
FILE PACKAGE
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usr/bin/file utils/file
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