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.
>     
>

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