On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: > Last time I ran debian was several yrs ago.. back then I learned a way > using dpkg to extract the packagename of files found on the > machine... Assuming they came in using apt and dpkg. > > I even kept a note about it which of course is no where to be found > now that I need it again. > > Anyone know how to find which package installed a give file?
something like this: $ dpkg -S /bin/bash bash: /bin/bash -- 8 out of 10 Owners who Expressed a Preference said Their Cats Preferred Techno. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
