[Gllug] fluxbox/debian

[Paul Cupis]

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On Thursday 14 November 2002 19:47, Simon A. Boggis wrote:
> Whilst dlocate is pretty useful for searching for the names of installed
> files, I don't think apt-cache search searches by filename. There is
> almost certainly something for searching by file for non-installed
> packages, but I tend to jump straight to https://packages.debian.org,
> where you can search by package or file name in all possible releases.

apt-file

Description: APT package searching utility -- command-line interface
 apt-file is a command line tool for searching packages for the APT
 packaging system.
 .
 Unlike apt-cache, you can search in which package a file is included
 or list the contents of a package without installing or fetching it.

Paul Cupis
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paul at cupis.co.uk

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