finding package of a file that is not installed

Steve Riley · 12-14-2007, 11:10 AM

I needed /usr/include/db.h and it took me a while to find it.

How do I find the package that a file belongs to if the package is not yet installed? A complete online cross-reference of files to packages would do it.

Does such a think exist?

(Looking for something more specific than "google it"!)

Thanks

farslayer · 12-14-2007, 11:13 AM

Absolutely that online reference exists..

http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

you can search for packages, or the contents of packages, etc..

heres the results for /usr/include/db.h

PMorph · 12-14-2007, 11:15 AM

apt-file search <file>

Steve Riley · 12-15-2007, 11:02 AM

farslayer - that's it. I knew it had to be somewhere!

Thanks.