Whatpackage - Revision history

PeterChubb at 04:45, 20 July 2006

2006-07-20T04:45:44Z

PeterChubb at 04:43, 20 July 2006

2006-07-20T04:43:03Z

SNIa at 03:35, 8 July 2006

2006-07-08T03:35:22Z

SNIa at 03:34, 8 July 2006

2006-07-08T03:34:55Z

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To find what package a file belongs to I created the following script.
*There may be a quicker way to do this, please feel free to inform if you find it.

Ensure you are root, and run the following commands

cat > /usr/bin/whichpkg << EOF
#!/bin/bash
echo checking for $1

for package in `dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'`
{
for file in `dpkg --listfiles $package 2> /dev/null`
{
if echo $file | grep $1
then
echo $package
fi
}
}
EOF
chmod 755 /usr/bin/whichpkg

Now that the script is in place, to find the file simply use the command

whichpkg ''filename''

For example, to find out whatpackage /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig comes from you tupe
whichpkg knoppix-autoconfig

This takes some time as it searches everypackage for the result.
Hope this helps.

[[User:SNIa|SNIa]] 03:34, 8 Jul 2006 (GMT)

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 or if you have it installed,
      dlocate filename
-[[User:PeterChubb|PeterChubb]]
+**-- [[User:PeterChubb|PeterChubb]]
 Ensure you are root, and run the following commands

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 To find what package a file belongs to I created the following script.
 *There may be a quicker way to do this, please feel free to inform if you find it.
 Ensure you are root, and run the following commands

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   #!/bin/bash
   echo checking for $1
-−
   for package in `dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}'`
+  {
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       if echo $file | grep $1
       then
-        echo $package
+        echo The file is from $package
       fi
+    }