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nowing the package a certain program is in.
nowing the package a certain program is in.
Hi: suppose I want to download and install the locate program. In order to use apt-get to do this, I must know before hand what the package containing locate and updatedb is. How do I know it? Can apt-cache help me?
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Re: nowing the package a certain program is in.
If you want a GUI to search and manage the results that turn up, I would recommend "packagesearch" from the repos.
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Re: nowing the package a certain program is in.
I would prefer to use apt-file. However
In fact I have received this message, "E: Unable...." each time I tried to use apt-get. What can the cause possibly be? Another typical message is this:
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root@debian:/sd# apt-file
-su: apt-file: command not found
root@debian:/sd# apt-get install apt-file
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package apt-file
root@debian:/sd#
In fact I have received this message, "E: Unable...." each time I tried to use apt-get. What can the cause possibly be? Another typical message is this:
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root@debian:/sd# apt-get install dlocate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package dlocate is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'dlocate' has no installation candidate
root@debian:/sd#
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Re: nowing the package a certain program is in.
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$ apt show apt-file
Package: apt-file
Version: 3.1.4
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Re: nowing the package a certain program is in.
This is a very useful web page:
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
Scroll down to the section titled "Search the contents of packages".
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
Scroll down to the section titled "Search the contents of packages".
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