On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 06:47:41AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hi, > Sorry if this all over the place, but I'd like to know how check which > package a binary file belongs to, without using dwww-quickfind (which > belongs to dwww). > > thanks... > if you have a file /bin/ls on your system and you want to know what package it come from: 'dpkg -S /bin/ls' if you want to know what packages in Debian has 'ghostscript' in its name or path, including packages not installed, then you can use 'apt-file search ghostscript '. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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