Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:03:28AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Harry Putnam (reader@newsguy.com) [020304 23:26]:
> >
> > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package
> > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know
> > about it.
> >
> > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either
> >
> > I'm assuming that means it isn't here but might be in a
> > package in the distro on line somewhere.
> >
> > Where is the database with this kind of information?
> > search.debian.org isn't the right place I don't think
>
> check out apt-file.
unless you have potato.
$ apt-cache search apt-file
$
maybe you're using woody or sid?
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I use Debian/GNU Linux version 2.2;
Linux server 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #26 from Will Trillich <will@serensoft.com>
:
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Experiment with various settings from /etc/TextConfig for use
with "SVGATextMode":
SVGATextMode 80x30x9
Try "apt-get install svgatextmode" to get it. (It won't work with
xterm or rxvt, of course -- only text-mode console display.)
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
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