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Re: What package I can find aclocal in?



On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 05:43:33PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote:
> What package can I find aclocal in?
> I need to set up my autotools project in the newly installed Debian..

How to find out what package a file is in:

1) Use http://packages.debian.org/ to search for the file by name.

2) Use apt-file to search a local copy of the package file lists.

3) Use "apt search" (or "apt-cache search") with cleverly chosen keywords
   and try to filter the results.  This is getting harder and harder, as
   the number of packages grows.

4) Make reasonable guesses about what you *think* the package name should
   be, and try installing those.


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