http://packages.debian.org allows searching for packages, or files.
On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:49 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
> On May 17, 2005, at 5:23 PM, Robert Citek wrote:
> > How do a find the name of a package that provides a file using apt?
>
> Answer: trial-and-error
>
> Sometimes the shotgun method works well:
>
> $ pkglist=$(apt-cache search xml2 | grep -i xml2 | awk '{print $1}')
> $ apt-get install $pkglist
> $ dpkg -S xml2-config
> libxml2-dev: /usr/bin/xml2-config
> libxml2-dev: /usr/share/man/man1/xml2-config.1.gz
> $ apt-get remove $pkglist
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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