Re: How can I tell what package installed a specific file?
On Saturday 08 January 2005 02:42 pm, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:25:03 -0500
>
> stan wrote:
> > The problem is, I can't figure out which package contains
> > growisofs.
> >
> > How do I do this?
>
> What did you do to try and figure this out on your own?
>
> I went to packages.debian.org and there's a simple web form for
> searching package contents for files. Then I went to the "User
> Documentation" page at www.debian.org, looked at the Debian
> Reference, and there in Chapter 6, _Debian Package Management_, under
> 6.4.1, "Information on a file", it tells us about dpkg -S.
> Alternately, I googled on `debian what package contains a file' and
> the very first link returned gave me that chapter of the Debian
> Reference.
>
> Finally, another piece of info, not easily gleaned from the above:
>
> cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
> grep cmd_i_wanna_find *.list
>
> will also work.
>
>http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ -c
WTF? I presume you are using the US English Language, but my response
must be as obscure as yours, whatever that was.
The following is a little more helpful, I hope .
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
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Greg C. Madden
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