Package spelunking

[Patrick Doyle]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Suppose I wanted to find out what files were installed by a particular
>> package.  I know I can do
>>
>> $ dpkg -L <packagename>
>>
>> if the package is already installed, but how would I do this if a
>> particular package isn't installed?
>>
>> I don't see any options like this in apt-get or apt-cache.
>
> You have to install apt-file.
That's the one I was looking for.  Thanks!

Now I can go back to that other thread that got me wondering about
this... watch for me to sound like an expert now :-)

--wpd