On Tue, 8 May 2012 12:27:13 -0500,
Douglas Bates <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 8 May 2012 at 11:48, Douglas Bates wrote:
>> | Thanks, Dirk.  I should have thought to run locate.

>> Locate of course only works when you already have the file. What I do
>> when I don't have the file yet (but suspect it is packaged) is to go
>> here:

>>   http://packages.ubuntu.com/

>>   http://packages.debian.org

> I have some luck with

> wajig search <foo>

> and also

> wajig whichpkg <filename>

There's also apt-file, which I'm very fond of:

,-----[ apt-file search tufte-handout.cls ]
| texlive-lang-arabic: 
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bidi/biditufte-handout.cls
| texlive-pictures: 
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tufte-latex/tufte-handout.cls
| texlive-pictures: 
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/tufte-latex/tufte-handout.cls
`-----

Cheers,

-- 
Seb

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