Re: Searching uninstalled packages by directory name

2014-10-24 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 24.10.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Darac Marjal: > Actually, apt-file will search the whole path (try 'apt-file search > bin'). If you like, try the -x option to apt-file to specify a > perl-compatible regex. You're right! Thanks for pointing that out. I was mislead by the man page auf apt-file 2.5.1

Re: Searching uninstalled packages by directory name

2014-10-24 Thread Darac Marjal
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 12:36:01PM +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > Hi, > > how can I find all packages that will install files in a specific directory? > > dpkg-query (dpkg -S) only searches installed packages. apt-file will > only search filenames, not directory names. Actually, apt-file will sear