Re: apt-file

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:50:47PM +0100, ee00158@fe.up.pt wrote:
> Boas
> 
> I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file that belong to
> it. i knew that is whith the apt-file, but when i do, apt-file search
> "file_name", i only see the message:
> Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps you
> forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 189.
> Could somebody say me what have i do?

I don't know anything about apt-file, but 'dpkg -S <filename>' works
for this.