On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:49:43 -0800 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PJ> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- PJ> Hash: SHA1 PJ> PJ> Please turn your line wraps on to 72 columns. PJ> On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:02:35AM +0000, Chema wrote: PJ> > Now that packages.debian.org is down, I have found myself looking PJ> > for "which deb provides such file/library" a pair of times. PJ> > Having resolved the situation in unusual froms, I'm starting to PJ> > miss packages.deb. PJ> PJ> Consider this as a checklist for future reference... PJ> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html PJ> PJ> I can't believe this question could be missed in the archives. PJ> PJ> apt-cache search <keyword> apt-cache only searchs in package name and description (from /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin, I think), so it will not tell me "which deb provides such file/library". The right answer was apt-file, as pointed by Andreas Janssen: polidora:/home/chema# apt-cache search libIDL-config polidora:/home/chema# apt-file search libIDL-config libidl-dev: usr/bin/libIDL-config-2 libidl-dev: usr/share/man/man1/libIDL-config-2.1.gz liborbit-dev: usr/bin/libIDL-config liborbit-dev: usr/share/man/man1/libIDL-config.1.gz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
