apt-file does not work for specific package

Volker Wysk post at volker-wysk.de
Fri Dec 28 11:58:04 UTC 2018


Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2018, 12:14:48 CET schrieb Oliver Grawert:
> hi,
> 
> Am Freitag, den 28.12.2018, 04:52 +0100 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > Hi
> 
> > I've installed the nextcloud desktop client with a third-party PPA:
> ...
> 
> > But apt-file won't find any files in it:
> > 
> > % apt-file list nextcloud-client
> > (no output)
> > 
> > "apt-file search nextcloud" doesn't work either.
> 
> > But apt-file does work with other packages, for instance:
> did you try an "sudo apt-file update" yet ?

Yes. And the man page of apt-file says:

       update
           Deprecated action that just calls "apt update".


Bye
Volker






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