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    How to: search for files in packages, installed or not

    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!
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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    Re: How to: search for files in packages, installed or not

    That is good tip. Thank you

    Link added to the FAQ: Installing from source (example how to fulfill the dependencies)
    Before you edit, BACKUP !

    Why there are dead links ?
    1. Thread: Please explain how to access old kubuntu forum posts
    2. Thread: Lost Information

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