In practice, people usually report errors about missing files to the list, and people who have a lot of stuff installed check their systems with dpkg -S and report back which package contains the offending file.
Or they do a Google search.
On Mar 12, 2004, at 4:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rather, which package I need to install ... "Oh, I'm missing X - which package do I need to get?"
Jack
On Mar 11, 2004, at 3:29 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
On Mar 11, 2004, at 5:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I find a package based on its containing a given file?
Thanks,
Jack
If you mean which package installed what file on your system, try
dpkg -S "filename"
where filename refers to the file you're looking for.
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