DvB <dvanbalen@jam.rr.com> wrote: >dpkg -S does this on installed packages but is there a way to search for >a file in packages that aren't installed yet? Does apt store this >information? No, but you could download dists/whatever/Contents-i386.gz (or similar for other architectures) every so often from a nearby Debian archive and run zgrep on that. That's usually the fastest way. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]