Re: finding packages w/o packages.debian.org

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

Hello

Jason Majors (<jason@rabid-hamster.com>) wrote:

> With packages.debian.org down, how can I find out which packages
> contain certain files?
> I need to get:
>  libcrypt3.so.2
> libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
> libssl.so.2
> libXm.so.3
> But can't figure out where they are.

Install apt-file, run apt-file update and then search for each file
using

apt-file search filename

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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