You could, if you have enough disk space, download all of the binary distribution and use dpkg to poke around in the debs. If the package isn't in the binary distro, then it gets harder: you'd need to build (but not necessarily install) packages into debs.
It's probably easier just to ask on this list: the odds are good that _somebody_ has the lib installed. It only takes a 'locate' and 'dpkg -S' to figure out whether it is installed, and, if so, where it came from. -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 On Thu, 16 May 2002, Don MacQueen wrote: > I installed some binaries, received from someone else, that expect a > certain dylib to be in /sw/lib. Naturally, I've asked the individual > what fink package it comes from. > > But, it occurs to me that it might be possible to somehow search the > fink website to find out which package I have to install in order to > get the missing dylib. Is this possible? > > Thanks > -Don > > (The dylib in question is libpcre.0.dylib) > -- > -------------------------------------- > Don MacQueen > Environmental Protection Department > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > Livermore, CA, USA > -------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply > the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
