> However, if I hadn't had it installed on that other machine, how could I
> have discovered which package I needed *without* using the excellent
> package search facility at
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents - is this sort of
> search possible with aptitude and/or apt-cache etc? 

  Yes, via the apt-file package:

        http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/334

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