Re: Hint: Finding packages with needed files

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

It is also searchable online:

	http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

at the bottom of the page (Thanks, Jay).

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On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> > > There's a simple solution to that kind of problems. There's a file called
> > > Contents-i386.gz in the dists/<your dist> directory. It lists every
> > > single file with the package that contains it.
> > > 
> > > So a 'zgrep "file I need" Contents-i386.gz' gives you the package(s) you
> > > have to install.
> > 
> > I am unable to find this file on my system. I have Slink.
> > 
> > Would you describe its location in more detail.
> 
> ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/Contents-i386.gz
> 
> Of course, you should use your local mirror and dist :)
> 
> It's probably best to re-download the file from time to time. (And the slink
> one seems to be a bit outdated, don't know how often it gets updated)