Linux

Advanced APT user tricks

Debian/Ubuntu apt-get tricks. Basics Install software apt-get install foobar Search software apt-cache search foobar You can query files to see which packages own them, or query packages to see which files own them. Installing apt-file apt-get install apt-file Build apt-get file information cache apt-file update Query through the packages to determine which package contains the […]

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Linux

Finding which package contains a file in Debian

There are times when you’re looking for a particular library, or file, which you know is available to Debian/Ubuntu but you cannot find the package which contains it. This is the kind of job that the Debian packages site helped with in the past, but given its current unavailability we’ll look at another approach.

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