On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 15:35:28 +0100, Bob Cox wrote: > I may be missing the blindingly obvious, so apologies if so. > > I wanted to run the 'ip' command and found it wasn't installed on the > particular box I was using. As it was installed on another machine I > was able to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ which ip > /bin/ip > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S ip | grep '/bin/ip$' > iproute: /bin/ip > > So I knew I needed the 'iproute' package. Problem solved. > > 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?
It is possible for etc = apt-file. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
