[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Brendan J Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: as86, thank for the replies. it works not! > Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:18:05 +1000 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular > > > file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by > > > using one of the search interfaces at: > > > > > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > > > > > i have found them to be quite useful on a number of occasions. > > > > I find "apt-cache" very useful. I use it to search for package names or > > items > > within packages. > > eg. > > apt-cache search as86 > > apt-cache pkgnames | grep 86 > > ah, quite useful that ;-) > > i thought apt-cache was not able to tell you what package a file might > be contained in unless the package was already installed though. can > it do that? if it can, that'd be fantastic!
I think it can. Try it on a package that you haven't got installed. Brendan Simon.
