[SOLVED] What package provides the "route" command?

Stevithen · 12-21-2011, 12:54 AM

What package is the route command from?

evo2 · 12-21-2011, 12:58 AM

Hi,

net-tools. For future reference have a look at apt-file (for packages not yet installed) and dlocate for packages that are already installed.

Cheers,

Evo2.

Stevithen · 12-21-2011, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

net-tools. For future reference have a look at apt-file (for packages not yet installed) and dlocate for packages that are already installed.

Cheers,

Evo2.

thanks

EricTRA · 12-21-2011, 01:06 AM

Hello,

On Debian based systems:

Code:

dpkg -S /sbin/route

will give you this:

Code:

net-tools: /sbin/route

indicating the command is installed by the net-tools package.

On RPM based systems, you can use yum:

Code:

yum provides "*bin/route"

which will give you:

Code:

yum provides "*bin/route"
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.cict.fr
 * epel: mirror.uv.es
 * extras: centos.cict.fr
 * updates: mirror.ellogroup.com
net-tools-1.60-81.el5.x86_64 : Basic networking tools.
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /sbin/route

net-tools-1.60-81.el5.x86_64 : Basic networking tools.
Repo        : installed
Matched from:
Filename    : /sbin/route

or RPM:

Code:

rpm -qf --provides /sbin/route

which gives you:

Code:

rpm -qf --provides /sbin/route
config(net-tools) = 1.60-81.el5
net-tools = 1.60-81.el5

Kind regards,

Eric

EricTRA · 12-21-2011, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

net-tools. For future reference have a look at apt-file (for packages not yet installed) and dlocate for packages that are already installed.

Cheers,

Evo2.

Hi Evo2,

That's the one I was missing, apt-file. In addition to my post which only mentions dpkg -S for searching through installed packages apt-file can be used in the following way:

Code:

apt-file update
apt-file search /sbin/route

Kind regards,

Eric