Rémi Vanicat <[email protected]> wrote: > Olaf Meeuwissen <[email protected]> writes: > > > Nick Dokos <[email protected]> writes: > > > > [...] > > > >> $ dpkg -S makeinfo > >> texinfo: /usr/bin/makeinfo > >> octave3.2-common: /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/__makeinfo__.m > >> emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.1/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc > >> texinfo: /usr/share/man/man1/makeinfo.1.gz > > > > This only works for installed packages, though, as it searches the files > > below /var/lib/dpkg/info, IIRC. > > BTW, dpkg forwards that request to dpkg-query. > > > > you might want to use apt-files > > $ apt-file search makeinfo > ~ > emacs23-common: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.elc > emacs23-el: /usr/share/emacs/23.3/lisp/textmodes/makeinfo.el.gz > > [...] > > if updated regularly apt-file's database will contain every files in > every package in debian. >
Nice - thanks! Nick
