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[Darryl Clarke]

On 27/03/06, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
> Darryl Clarke wrote:
> >>Does anyone know how I can find the package that provides a given file?
> >>
> >>Daniel.
> >
> > http://packages.ubuntu.com/
>
> No, you don't understand. Read what I wrote again. Give the file name
> "foo" how can I find the package that provides that file? This
> information must be provided by the package manager.
>

I read exactly what you typed.

>From packages.ubuntu.com:

"Search the contents of packages

This search engine allows you to search the contents of Debian
distributions for any files (or just parts of file names) that are
part of packages. You can also get a full list of files in a given
package.

* packages that contain files named like this
o packages that contain files or directories named like this
o packages that contain files or directories whose names contain the keyword
o all files in this package
Case sensitive: []  Distribution: []  Architecture: []"

Will happily return a listing of any package that contains "foo."

You should try it before declaring "No!" and claiming I can not read.

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