On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 10:20:07PM -0000, Pollywog wrote: > > On 12-Jun-99 Pollywog wrote: > > > > On 12-Jun-99 Greg Starkes wrote: > >> I downloaded xmms 0.9 last night. make complained about not being able > >> to find /usr/bin/file. I used dpkg --search to see what packaged owned > >> it, and found nothing. Is this not a part of the debian distribution? I > >> noticed that RedHat has it. > > > > I have the file, though I am unable to determine which package it came from. > > > > The Debian package search facility might have this information, on Debian's > > website. > > Very strange; I looked for the package on Debian's website, using the search > facility, and I can't find the package that owns /usr/bin/file. > I do have /usr/bin/file on my Potato system.
It's in the package "file". $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/file file: /usr/bin/file Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
