On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:29:32PM -0400, Angus D Madden wrote: > > rpm -q --whatprovides xxxx = tell me what package provided program > > If the package is not installed, you can grab the Contents-$arch.gz file > from one of the debian servers and use zgrep to see what package owns > what file.
I once grabbed a function from somewhere: packageof() { [ $# = 1 ] && w3m -dump "http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?> } This allows you to do "packageof hello". Highly recommended if the program isn't installed yet. Greetings, Chris Niekel -- I've been down so long, if I'd cheer up, I'd still be depressed. - Lisa Simpson, Moanin' Lisa Blues.
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