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From: Gregory Nowak <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: finding programs using debian?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:02:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070612220250.GA7770@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000b01c7ad34$e04f8180$6401a8c0@GRANDMA>

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If you're asking if it is possible to find out which package a binary in /bin,
/sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin belongs to, then the answer is yes. You
need to install apt-file, then read up on how to use it.

Greg



On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:01:40PM -0600, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> Hello list,
> Is there a way to find out which package a program belongs to with apt?
> TRhanks,
> Thanks,
> ~~TheCreator~~
> [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features]
> msn:
> compgeek13@gmail.com
> aim: st8amnd2005
> skype: st8amnd127
> vertigo head coder
> web: tysdomain.com
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Littlefield, Tyler
 ` Gregory Nowak [this message]
 ` Jan Buchal
   ` Littlefield, Tyler

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