get package name from file name
Hello, how can I tell which package installs a given file ? something like: # find-package-from-file /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 libxml2 thx jmf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1310030553.2380.2.ca...@wheejy.critical.pt
Re: get package name from file name
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/07/11 10:22, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: Hello, how can I tell which package installs a given file ? something like: # find-package-from-file /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 libxml2 hi, dpkg is your friend :-) dpkg -S /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 - -- |_|0|_| | |_|_|0| Heghlu'Meh QaQ jajVam | |0|0|0| kuLa - | gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xC100B4CA -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOFXtpAAoJEOqHloDBALTKHB8IAJmR7W/FyIkq1j58FZ+MAkrp E2un18zvxi6v+8QFQIPkNHa04wk61O8cvmhlbUk/HqZlNxV/2pVGLzb8d2k1WynE rGhJzpHD841A85yQDgzg7ShyN318fVWFHBQLZUGRqitPFTKUqqkO6Dm92Nywgmzm YfhvbNHFjp6lZnpm4s937vaD1WKe1/q6P/pX7tfqwJ+mAaSxNGnmPqy1jgIJSYuA CBcnh5mWbfFqH0i40aJQcKmT9FkTtkR57cut3weBzvegFfboXmNrsgjRnm7lHaBY hQDOpBW7c8w0LGF25Ya8f4ZgXPbobx2gu7IF6Pq3d8zYbN0wdU0tvgmQmOrhcgY= =MqR/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e157b69.4070...@kulisz.net
Re: get package name from file name
On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 10:24 +0100, kuLa wrote: dpkg -S /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 cool. thx Joao -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1310031477.2380.3.ca...@wheejy.critical.pt
Re: get package name from file name
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:22 +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: how can I tell which package installs a given file ? something like: # find-package-from-file /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 libxml2 As always there are multiple to do this :) * dpkg -S /path/to/file * apt-file search /path/to/file * dlocate -S /path/to/file I prefer to use either apt-file or dlocate. The former comes in quite handy as it also works for packages that are not installed and it supports regular expressions. If you are looking for an executable, but don't know the full path you can search for: $ apt-file search -x bin/foo$ which will find all files named foo that are in a bin/ directory somewhere. In particular this will not match bin/foobar. dlocate on the other hand is a bit faster than dpkg -S and has other goodies too ... have a look. have fun -- .''`. Wolodja Wentlandbabi...@gmail.com : :' : `. `'` 4096R/CAF14EFC `- 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: get package name from file name
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/07/11 13:17, Wolodja Wentland wrote: As always there are multiple to do this :) * dpkg -S /path/to/file * apt-file search /path/to/file * dlocate -S /path/to/file I prefer to use either apt-file or dlocate. The former comes in quite handy as it also works for packages that are not installed and it supports regular expressions. If you are looking for an executable, but don't know the full path you can search for: $ apt-file search -x bin/foo$ which will find all files named foo that are in a bin/ directory somewhere. In particular this will not match bin/foobar. dlocate on the other hand is a bit faster than dpkg -S and has other goodies too ... have a look. have fun Yeee, many ways to the same goal but dlocate or apt-file aren't present in Debian by default like dpkg is :-) - -- |_|0|_| | |_|_|0| Heghlu'Meh QaQ jajVam | |0|0|0| kuLa - | gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xC100B4CA -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOFajwAAoJEOqHloDBALTKcHEIAIQNi9szfQeX5yLTji0JD+af LcWnXh2Y7I/Q57d1S5FVM1c69n8PkIfBZD+zXmqy5Y3hzZvPBDv6b8RCz8EY3aQq Ht1ViDI1A6A4WuZev3f2BmxS/XxajU8nJYLD11++coIADWNohaycq7LhKEPciBxh JWG+hbC8L+vx13qRsgGGHl0oO15+ZigeKYykaBXe4kSxl/gZRgKFEQGZiHn2DQ6Y 0wZ2Arw0jtKrv6Zp6d0hDGQM7/9SG+dCLF32yXRzxRlTZ9m0tjNKD4EGVy/89Ogh wZviLhKXdn89dBv4c1zGNI08n3uIm9yX3HXz8rVprspGP7JTKLe1RLrt25UJcQc= =yWg6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e15a8f0.60...@kulisz.net
Re: get package name from file name
Joao Ferreira Gmail joao.miguel.c.ferre...@gmail.com writes: how can I tell which package installs a given file ? apt-file search given file -- html messages are obsolete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mxgq4381@yun.yagibdah.de
Re: get package name from file name
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:37:57 +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 10:24 +0100, kuLa wrote: dpkg -S /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 cool. thx And for packages that are not installed in your system you can use the online query (package contents) which avoids the needing of installing apt-file :-): http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=stablesection=allarch=anysearchon=contentskeywords=%2Fusr%2Flib%2Flibxml2.so.2 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.07.07.14.42...@gmail.com
Re: get package name from file name
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 13:39 +0100, kuLa wrote: On 07/07/11 13:17, Wolodja Wentland wrote: As always there are multiple to do this :) * dpkg -S /path/to/file * apt-file search /path/to/file * dlocate -S /path/to/file I prefer to use either apt-file or dlocate. The former comes in quite handy as it also works for packages that are not installed and it supports regular expressions. If you are looking for an executable, but don't know the full path you can search for: $ apt-file search -x bin/foo$ which will find all files named foo that are in a bin/ directory somewhere. In particular this will not match bin/foobar. dlocate on the other hand is a bit faster than dpkg -S and has other goodies too ... have a look. Yeee, many ways to the same goal but dlocate or apt-file aren't present in Debian by default like dpkg is :-) Sure, but that applies for a lot of software. :) I typically don't have a problem to install packages I want, but YMMV. It is just that dpkg -S is only useful when you try to figure out where a file on your system came from, not which package you have to install in order to get a specific one. I find that I need to figure out the latter much more often, hence my recommendations. But this is moot as you are probably aware of all this and I can just stop now. Slainte! -- .''`. Wolodja Wentlandbabi...@gmail.com : :' : `. `'` 4096R/CAF14EFC `- 081C B7CD FF04 2BA9 94EA 36B2 8B7F 7D30 CAF1 4EFC signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: get package name from file name
Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:22 +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: how can I tell which package installs a given file ? something like: # find-package-from-file /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 libxml2 As always there are multiple to do this :) * dpkg -S /path/to/file * apt-file search /path/to/file * dlocate -S /path/to/file another way is wajig whichpkg /path/to/file raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/iv5mvs$ih6$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: get package name from file name
On 07/07/11 at 09:43pm, Wolodja Wentland wrote: On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 13:39 +0100, kuLa wrote: On 07/07/11 13:17, Wolodja Wentland wrote: As always there are multiple to do this :) * dpkg -S /path/to/file * apt-file search /path/to/file * dlocate -S /path/to/file I prefer to use either apt-file or dlocate. The former comes in quite handy as it also works for packages that are not installed and it supports regular expressions. If you are looking for an executable, but don't know the full path you can search for: $ apt-file search -x bin/foo$ which will find all files named foo that are in a bin/ directory somewhere. In particular this will not match bin/foobar. dlocate on the other hand is a bit faster than dpkg -S and has other goodies too ... have a look. Yeee, many ways to the same goal but dlocate or apt-file aren't present in Debian by default like dpkg is :-) Sure, but that applies for a lot of software. :) I typically don't have a problem to install packages I want, but YMMV. You make good points but it is always a useful policy to familiarize yourself with, and make a habit of recommending the packages guaranteed to be installed for portability/reliability. Also some of us are somewhat OCD and hate having ten packages installed with overlapping featuresets :P -- Liam signature.asc Description: Digital signature
