In my excitement over just how useful the apropos command is, I forgot
to include the following in my previous posting:
To find package which owns <file>:
dpkg -S <file>
I guess this may not work if you don't have the package installed yet,
which is when it would be most useful. I guess the only way to find
which package that you don't have installed would provide a lib is to
search the Packages file for that lib. (The package containing a named
lib is often obvious from the name of the lib, particularly for the
obscure ones which you are less likely to have)
HTH
Rich
ktb wrote:
>
> A few weeks ago someone posted a command that showed the dependencies of
> a program. I must have inadvertently deleted it and can't find it in
> the archives. Anyway I would like to know how to reveal what libs a
> program uses or needs and once I find the libs know how to find the
> package the libs reside in. How do I do this?
> Thanks,
> kent
>
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