On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Umarzuki Mochlis <umarz...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/9/12 Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@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. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
