From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HyESS-0002ct-00 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:03:24 -0400 Received: (qmail 8678 invoked by uid 1000); 12 Jun 2007 15:02:51 -0700 Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:02:50 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: finding programs using debian? Message-ID: <20070612220250.GA7770@localhost.localdomain> References: <000b01c7ad34$e04f8180$6401a8c0@GRANDMA> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000b01c7ad34$e04f8180$6401a8c0@GRANDMA> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:03:25 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGbxgK7s9z/XlyUyARAu0FAJ0dr1WcQk4s3lkGAbkOgmmfstZINwCgqoS8 5btZrtAFFNAH8K193Ut0vaY= =2/ZU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----