Re: How to find a virtual package?
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 07:43:13AM -0400, Abdul Latip wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> > 'apt-get install <virtual>' will tell you like so:
> > [...]
>
> Thanks! But whatif that virtual package is not in the
> /etc/apt/sources.list? For example, if only CD#1 is available at my
> home. Then, suppose I'd like to install package "xyzzy" which I
> copy manually to a disket (at my office). After using "dpkg -i xyzzy",
> I realize that virtual package "plugh" is also needed.
>
> Is there a way to find that virtual package (at my office)
> by using a search utility?
You can download the Packages.gz file for each section of the archive
from any Debian mirror, uncompress it, and grep through it. grep-dctrl
can do this for you.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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