Re: How to find package name for files

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Timothy Wu wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to upgrade libstdc++.so.6.0.8 to a newer version in the > /usr/lib directory. I used aptitude to install libstdc++6-dev > package. But the /usr/lib so file is still not updated. I suspect > that's not the package

Re: How to find package name for files

On Sat 2006-12-02 17:37:29 +0800, Timothy Wu wrote: > Given an existing file, Is there any method to find out which package the > file comes from? If I can find out which package the file is from, maybe I > can guess the name of the newer package. dpkg -S /path/to/file -- David Hart <[EMAIL PRO

How to find package name for files

Hi, I am trying to upgrade libstdc++.so.6.0.8 to a newer version in the /usr/lib directory. I used aptitude to install libstdc++6-dev package. But the /usr/lib so file is still not updated. I suspect that's not the package for it. Given an existing file, Is there any method to find out which pac