How To Search For Missing Packages With apt-file On Debian and Ubuntu

Posted by falko on Feb 21, 2007 3:50 PM EDT
HowtoForge; By Falko Timme
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This short article describes how you can search for missing packages with apt-file on Debian and Ubuntu systems. apt-file allows you to search for a file name, and it gives back the name(s) of the package(s) containing that file so that you can install the appropriate package.

This short article describes how you can search for missing packages with apt-file on Debian and Ubuntu systems. apt-file allows you to search for a file name, and it gives back the name(s) of the package(s) containing that file so that you can install the appropriate package.

http://www.howtoforge.com/apt_file_debian_ubuntu

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