Package spelunking

[James Tappin]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:17:48 +0100
Loïc Grenié <loic.grenie at gmail.com> wrote:

LG> 2009/12/4 Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com>:
LG> > Suppose I wanted to find out what files were installed by a particular
LG> > package.  I know I can do
LG> >
LG> > $ dpkg -L <packagename>
LG> >
LG> > if the package is already installed, but how would I do this if a
LG> > particular package isn't installed?
LG> >
LG> > I don't see any options like this in apt-get or apt-cache.
LG> 
LG>     You'll need to install apt-file.
LG> 
LG>         Loïc
LG> 

Or use the Ubuntu packages site http://packages.ubuntu.com/ 

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