Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-07 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:07:50PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: > On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 5:15 am, Harry Putnam wrote: > > > > What about listing packages in cache that are not installed > > Browsing over man apt-get apt-cache dbkg I didn't notice a command > > that lists all the packages onboard

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-06 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 5:15 am, Harry Putnam wrote: > > What about listing packages in cache that are not installed > Browsing over man apt-get apt-cache dbkg I didn't notice a command > that lists all the packages onboard that are not installed. Why would you want to do that at the command lin

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Simon Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 05 Mar 2002 7:25 am, Harry Putnam wrote: >> If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package >> contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know >> about it. > > apt-cache search only checks package name

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020305 13:24]: > > check out apt-file. > > unless you have potato. > > $ apt-cache search apt-file > $ > > maybe you're using woody or sid? Correct, my bad. apt-file is pretty new; I think it's only in unstable so far. In potato, I don't know of

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > about it. > > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either > > I'm assuming that means it isn't here bu

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:03:28AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Harry Putnam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020304 23:26]: > > > > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > > about it. > > > > And dpkg -

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Install auto-apt, do auto-apt update and then you can search like this:$ Thanks Johann. Thats cool. I posted a dumb reply moments ago without having tried this. Please ignore it.

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Harry Putnam
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: >> >> If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package >> contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know >> about it. > > Install auto-apt, do auto-

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 10:06:03AM +0100, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > Harry Putnam wrote: > > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > > about it. > > > > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either > > I'm

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 11:25:06PM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > about it. Install auto-apt, do auto-apt update and then you can search like this: $ aut

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Tim Dijkstra
Harry Putnam wrote: > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > about it. > > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either I'm not sure about this, but don't you have to give the complete path, so dpkg -S /pa

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Harry Putnam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020304 23:26]: > > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > about it. > > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either > > I'm assuming that means it isn't here but might

Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Tuesday 05 Mar 2002 7:25 am, Harry Putnam wrote: > If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package > contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know > about it. apt-cache search only checks package names and descriptions > And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't eit

Generic file finder question ..what tool or database

2002-03-05 Thread Harry Putnam
If I have the name of a file like xpm.h and want to know what package contains it. And I find that `apt-cache search xpm.h' doesn't know about it. And dpkg -S xpm.h doesn't either I'm assuming that means it isn't here but might be in a package in the distro on line somewhere. Where is the data