Simon Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 05 Mar 2002 7:25 am, Harry Putnam wrote: >> If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package >> contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know >> about it. > > apt-cache search only checks package names and descriptions > >> And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either > > It does if you have the relevant package installed
I'm not talking about installed packages > #dpkg -S xpm.h > #xlibs-dev: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/xpm.h > > Otherwise try here: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_contents Thanks .. thats the baby. What about listing packages in cache that are not installed Browsing over man apt-get apt-cache dbkg I didn't notice a command that lists all the packages onboard that are not installed.