RE: How to find a package containing a given executable

$ dpkg -S papersize libpaperg: /usr/man/man5/papersize.5.gz libpaperg: /usr/man/man3/systempapersizefile.3paper.gz libpaperg: /usr/man/man3/defaultpapersizefile.3paper.gz or $ zgrep '/etc/papersize' /usr/man/man*/*gz 2>/dev/null /usr/man/man1/paperconf.1.gz:.B /etc/papersize /usr/man/man1/paperco

RE: How to find a package containing a given executable

From: William F. Dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I do this from cron every night: > > #! /bin/bash > cd /usr/local/fromDebian > DEBIAN=ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists > wget -o LOG-unstable-contents $DEBIAN/unstable/Contents-i386.gz > mv Contents-i386.gz Contents.unstable.gz > > Then I c

Re: How to find a package containing a given executable

Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There's a search form you may find useful at the bottom of > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Anything usable without net? I have local mirror of debian archive, if it helps -- M. Tavasti / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +358-40-5078254 Poista sähköpostios

Re: How to find a package containing a given executable

On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 02:29:18PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote: > > Clearly, on an installed file, I can use dpkg -S, but what about looking for > where I install something from? There's a search form you may find useful at the bottom of http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > If there isn't a sim