How can I know to which ubuntu package does a specified file (not on my fs) belongs?

[Nils Kassube]

NoOp wrote:
> On 03/31/2011 02:42 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > IMHO it should work without sudo. On my Lucid machine it works for
> > a user who is not in the groups adm or admin. Only updating the
> > database is restricted to root.
> 
> No idea why it doesn't.
> $ groups
> gg adm disk dialout fax cdrom floppy tape audio dip video plugdev
> scanner vboxusers netdev lpadmin powerdev admin fuse saned sambashare
> 
> But poking around launchpad:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-file/+bug/620463
> [If run "sudo apt-file update" only, run apt-file without sudo
> display nothing]

I think that explains it. I only tried on Lucid and not Maverick.


Nils