On 2015-09-30, rlhar...@oplink.net <rlhar...@oplink.net> wrote: > On Wed, September 30, 2015 8:22 am, Chris Bannister wrote: > >> root@tal:~# locate libcurl >> ... >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.3 >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4 >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4.3.0 >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.3 >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4 >> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4.3.0 >> ... >> root@tal:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4 >> libcurl3-gnutls:i386: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libcurl-gnutls.so.4 >> ... >> root@tal:~# less /etc/debian_version >> 8.2 >>... >> dpkg -L is your friend. > > Thanks for the introduction to "locate" and "dpkg -L"! All I knew about > previously was "whereis".
You don't have to be root, though, to use those tools in the manner described above. UUOR > RLH > > --
