Bruno Pereira <brunopereir...@gmail.com> writes: > Please notice that apt-file is not installed by default on a clean Debian > system. > > dpkg -S foo_file will give you the necessary package name without installing > further software.
Yes, but only for installed packages, whereas apt-file will search in all packages in the configured sources. Regards Loris > Regards > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Loris Bennett <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> > wrote: > > Francesco Minafra > <francesco.mina...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi Loris, > > you can use the command: > > > > yum provides */libmpi_cxx.so.1 > > > > Cheers, > > Francesco. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Loris Bennett > <loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> > > wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > > > I would like to know which version of the package "openmpi" contains > the > > library "libmpi_cxx.so.1". > > > > On the Debian website, the information about individual packages > > includes a link to a file list for each available architecture. > > > > How would I go about finding this information for SL? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Loris > > > > -- > > This signature is currently under construction. > > > > > > Thanks Francesco (small world ;-)) and Bluejay, > > It seems that "provides" and "whatprovides" are synonyms. > > BTW, instead of messing about on the website, on Debian > > apt-file search libmpi_cxx.so > > is possible. > > Cheers, > > Loris > > -- > This signature is currently under construction. > > -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin Email loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de