On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, mike ledoux wrote:
>> I have a question that's been bugging me for a while. How does one
>> determine the name of the package one would need for a specific
>> file/command/binary/etc under Debian (without using the search tool on
>> their site)?
>
> Well, the 'easy' way is to fire up dselect, [S]elect packages, and
> then use '/' to search for the package you want.
I think what Suzanne wants is a way to find out what package owns, say,
"/usr/bin/foo", without having to have that package installed first. In other
words, a "dpkg -S" command that works on uninstalled packages.
This is something I've often wished for with several distributions. I know
the name of a file I want, but not the name of the package it comes in.
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