Rennie deGraaf schreef: > What command does one use to find what package(s) provide a particular > file, given that that particular file is not present on my system? For > example, I need a program called "foobar", but don't know what package > provides it. Under Fedora, I'd use "yum provides foobar"; what command > should I use under Gentoo? > > Something like "esearch foobar" searches package titles, not contents. > So, if I was searching for "vi", I'd get all sorts of stuff that has > nothing to do with the editor "vi", but happens to have the substring > "vi" in its name. And if I was searching for "libfoobar.so", then I > might not find any matches, since that file might be in a package called > "foobar". In other words, "esearch foobar" doesn't do what I want. > > Thanks, > > Rennie
equery belongs equery [ Searching for file(s) equery in *... ] app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre5 (/usr/bin/equery) app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre5 (/usr/share/doc/gentoolkit-0.2.1_pre5/equery) :-) HTH, Holly -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
