On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:14 PM, chris (fool) mccraw <gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > another nifty tool which would have worked even better (had the > utility you started out looking for been part of any of my repos) is > apt-file (which searches in the list of filenames that could get > installed with packages (vs dpkg -S which can search only in actually > installed filenames)). it's handy because, for instance, you can > figure out that some random program you saw once belongs to some > completely other package (apt-file search pnmarith => netpbm).
apt-file++ It's also great for tracking down the -dev package you need to get a ./configure script to work. $ apt-file search <the .h file configure can't find> You usually need to narrow the results a bit (there are only so many names for header files, and you need the right one) but it's a great start. --Rogan > > it's one of the first packages i install after any ubuntu or debian > installation (see also: openssh-server, screen, vim). >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick Steffens >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
