Re: Any way to search executable name?

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

* Tong* (<sun_tong_001@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> Is there any way to search executable name for it package?
> 
> For example, from efax.rc I know that it uses "paperconf" to determine
> paper size. but apt-cache search can't find its package name...

You can use dpkg -L to list the contents of an installed package. Maybe
you want to do something like

dpkg -L package | grep bin

This should list at least all files that are stored in /bin, /sbin, 
usr/bin and /usr/sbin.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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