On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 03:36:43PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:50:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm new in linux and i wan't knew how to find a package by a file > > that belong to it. i knew that is whith the apt-file, but when i do, > > apt-file search "file_name", i only see the message: > > Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_foreign" (perhaps you > > forgot to load "URI::_foreign"?) at /usr/bin/apt-file line 189. > > Could somebody say me what have i do? > > I don't know anything about apt-file, but 'dpkg -S <filename>' works > for this.
Only for files you already have installed, though. apt-file (or auto-apt) searches the Contents files which are provided in the Debian archive, and so works for uninstalled files too. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
