Re: how to identify the package containing a file?
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/12 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>:
>>
>> dumb question but how do i identify the package that contributed a
>> specific file to my installation? on my fedora system, i'd ask:
>>
>> $ rpm -qf <filename>
>
> on debian
> $ dpkg -S <filename>
Or install apt-file and run
$ apt-file search <filename>
This will return matches in packages that aren't installed, as well,
so you can find out what you *need* to install to get a particular
file, which can be very useful.
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Michael A. Marsh
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