Re: Three short apt/dpkg questions

2005-06-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Thomas Adam wrote: > > 2. Is there a way to ask the system which package owns a specific > > installed file? > > dpkg -S file Even faster: dlocate file apt-cache show dlocate Very nice. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Three short apt/dpkg questions

2005-06-17 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:24:36PM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > On 6/16/05, Charlie Zender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. Which package contains the man-pages for C-library functions like > > sprintf()? > > manpages-dev > > > 2. Is there a way to ask the system which package owns a specific >

Re: Three short apt/dpkg questions

2005-06-16 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Charlie Zender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 1. Which package contains the man-pages for C-library functions like > sprintf()? manpages-dev > 2. Is there a way to ask the system which package owns a specific > installed file? dpkg -S file > 3. Is there a way to determine the nam

Re: Three short apt/dpkg questions

2005-06-16 Thread Michael Marsh
On 6/16/05, Charlie Zender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Which package contains the man-pages for C-library functions like > sprintf()? manpages-dev > 2. Is there a way to ask the system which package owns a specific > installed file? $ dpkg -S /usr/share/man/man3/sprintf.3.gz manpages-dev: /

Three short apt/dpkg questions

2005-06-16 Thread Charlie Zender
Hi, 1. Which package contains the man-pages for C-library functions like sprintf()? 2. Is there a way to ask the system which package owns a specific installed file? 3. Is there a way to determine the name of the (non-installed) package which owns a particular (non-installed) filename? e.g