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Old 08-11-2005, 02:32 PM   #1
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Question what package does a program belong to?


Is there an equivalent in apt-get for rpm -qf filename?
 
Old 08-11-2005, 02:59 PM   #2
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delte all that... once again i'm an idiot... thought you meant apt4rpm...

it's dpkg or deselect or something on ubuntu isn't it?

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Old 08-11-2005, 03:04 PM   #3
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Re: what package does a program belong to?

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Is there an equivalent in apt-get for rpm -qf filename?
There's a command called alien. I haven't used it a lot, so you may have to type man alien to figure out how to use it. That command is for RPMs (as RPM is not a native file for Debian-based distros--it's alien).

If you have a .deb file, though--which is a native file--then you can do the following:

dpkg -i packagename.deb

You would need root privileges for that, of course (su or sudo).

It's always a better idea, if something's available through repositories, to use apt-get or Synaptic to install it, though.
 
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Let's cut to the chase, ok? (or is it shase??? )

What do I have to install to have the command mail available? I removed fetchmail for sendmail to experiment.. then installed fetchmail again.... but now I don't have the mail executable. I guess the package including it got removed as well.
 
Old 08-11-2005, 03:28 PM   #5
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Let's cut to the chase, ok? (or is it shase??? )

What do I have to install to have the command mail available? I removed fetchmail for sendmail to experiment.. then installed fetchmail again.... but now I don't have the mail executable. I guess the package including it got removed as well.
What are you using--Ubuntu? Have you enabled extra repositories? Start Synaptic Package Manager (under System > Administration) and do a search in Name and Description (not just Name) for the word mail. What pops up?
 
  


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