Found this while Googling (you just have to love Google!)
For those into compiling packages, and have ever gotten errors during make about missing files, then apt-file (Debian Package of the Day) is something you should check out.
"Have you ever tried to compile some tar-ball and had to download missing dependencies? In that case, you probably needed to find out which packages were needed to fix those dependencies. Sometimes there is a README which states what you need, but that might not be that helpful sometimes.
One way of finding out which package needs to be installed is to use the debian package search page.
Another way is to use apt-file instead. It works as a local search engine, based on the apt sources you have in /etc/apt/sources.list."
You really should check this one out!
For those into compiling packages, and have ever gotten errors during make about missing files, then apt-file (Debian Package of the Day) is something you should check out.
"Have you ever tried to compile some tar-ball and had to download missing dependencies? In that case, you probably needed to find out which packages were needed to fix those dependencies. Sometimes there is a README which states what you need, but that might not be that helpful sometimes.
One way of finding out which package needs to be installed is to use the debian package search page.
Another way is to use apt-file instead. It works as a local search engine, based on the apt sources you have in /etc/apt/sources.list."
You really should check this one out!
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