Re: About apt-file

[Chris Burkhardt <chris@mretc.net>]

lStephen Liu wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> 
> Thanks for your advice.  I got it done.
> 
> 
> Now;
> 
> $ apt-file list mysqladmin
> $ apt-file show mysqladmin
> Both without printout

That is expected: there is no package named 'mysqladmin' (list/show lists the
contents of a package).

> 
> 
> $ apt-file search mysqladmin
> [...]
> mysql-client-5.0: usr/bin/mysqladmin
> [...]

There it is, in the mysql-client-5.0 package. If you want to narrow your search
down in the future, try something like 'apt-file search bin/mysqladmin' to find
only files in a 'bin' directory, for example.

> $ apt-file find mysqladmin
> [...]
> 
> 
> Both outputs are similar.

Yes, search and find are aliases; they do the same thing.

- Chris Burkhardt