Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread dave mallery
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > Hi, > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > "apt-get install pico" does not seem to work. > Thanks, > Dayalan > apt-get install nano alias

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-May-2002 Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 01:48:28PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: >> Hi, >> How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command >> so that it can then be installed using apt-get ? > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_con

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Brian Nelson
Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:18, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > > Hi, > > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > > "apt-get install pico" does not seem

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Peter Whysall
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:50:59AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:42:16AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > > Well, now I'm confused. The source for my information was the output of > > apt-cache show: > > > > peter:~ $ apt-cache show pico > > Package: pico > > Priority: optio

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:42:16AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:24:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > In sid, pico is not even in non-free, apart from the 'pine' source > > package which you have to build yourself. As I remember, its licence > > does not allow Debian to

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Peter Whysall
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:24:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:57:09AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 03:22:16PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > > > Peter Whysall wrote: > > > >Well, that's odd - it works on my sid system here. > > > > > > > >Doe

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:57:09AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 03:22:16PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > > Peter Whysall wrote: > > >Well, that's odd - it works on my sid system here. > > > > > >Does "apt-cache search pico" return anything useful? > > > > "apt-cahe searc

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Peter Whysall
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 03:22:16PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > > > Peter Whysall wrote: > > > > >Well, that's odd - it works on my sid system here. > > > >Does "apt-cache search pico" return anything useful? > > > "apt-cahe search pico" turns up nano but not pico.I'm using woody. > > Regard

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Dayalan Manohar
Peter Whysall wrote: Well, that's odd - it works on my sid system here. Does "apt-cache search pico" return anything useful? "apt-cahe search pico" turns up nano but not pico.I'm using woody. Regards, Dayalan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Peter Whysall
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 10:19:17AM +0200, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:18, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > > Hi, > > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > > "apt-get install

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Peter Whysall
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 01:48:28PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > Hi, > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > "apt-get install pico" does not seem to work. > Thanks, > Dayalan Well, th

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 01:48:28PM +0530, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > Hi, > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ? http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents is what I usually use. > I want to install

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Mark Janssen
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:18, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > Hi, > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > "apt-get install pico" does not seem to work. > Thanks, > Dayalan Also 'nano' is a

Re: which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Mark Janssen
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:18, Dayalan Manohar wrote: > Hi, > How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command > so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but > "apt-get install pico" does not seem to work. > Thanks, > Dayalan AFAIK pico isn't pac

which pkg contains that file

2002-05-01 Thread Dayalan Manohar
Hi, How does one find out which package contains a particular file/command so that it can then be installed using apt-get ?I want to install pico but "apt-get install pico" does not seem to work. Thanks, Dayalan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T