show files contained in a not yet installed package

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Thu Feb 26 13:45:45 UTC 2009


Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> is there a way to find out the files contained in not yet installed
> package in the system ?

Yes. Install package apt-file. Then use these commands:

sudo apt-file update
apt-file list <packagename>


Nils




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