Questions tagged [apt-file]
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What is apt-file update?
I was following these instructions and I have installed apt-file along with some other packages using:
sudo apt-get install gnupg pbuilder ubuntu-dev-tools bzr-builddeb apt-file
And now every time I startup my computer I get this notice:
So I…
user364819
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Are apt-file and apt-cache part of apt?
Is apt-file part of apt? I have apt installed by default, but no apt-file.
How about apt-cache? I don't remember whether mine was installed by default or me.
Tim
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apt-file regex: escaping a dot
I want to find all packages which provide a shared object containing "ssl" in the file name. The apt-file manpage says:
--regexp | -x
Treat pattern as a (perl) regular expression. See perlreref(1)
for details. …
langlauf.io
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apt-file regex: find multiple packages at once using or
I'd like to search multiple packages at one using a regexp connecting pattern with logical or |.
Assuming the two files /usr/lib/apache2/modules/httpd.exp and /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily exist:
$ sudo dpkg -S…
Kalle Richter
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apt-file equivalent to search for source files
I find the apt-file utility very comfortable to find the package that delivers a given file. If I wanted to find the package that delivered /bin/bash I would simply type
apt-file find /bin/bash
and get a list of packages that contain that file.
Now…
Esokrates
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How do I find the package providing an alias?
Using apt-file I am able to find the packages providing certain executables like this for example:
sudo apt-file search {/bin,/sbin,/usr/bin/,/usr/sbin}/wget
Well actually:
sudo apt-file search {/bin,/sbin,/usr/bin/,/usr/sbin}/wget | grep…
Forivin
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apt-file no longer finds or lists most of the content since Ubuntu 19.10 eoan
Update 2: This seems to be a upstream packaging issue with empty Contents-amd64.gz files in the repository. Therefore I reported a bug in Launchpad.
I'm a heavy user of apt-file. Most of the file I use it to find out about packages I need to install…
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Where are the database files stored for apt-file?
I want to know where the database files searched by apt-file are stored.
apt-file search /usr/bin/lshw-gtk
But I don't see any files shown by strace look like apt-file database files. Why is it so?
I see it says the apt-file files are stored at…
user1424739
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apt-file update
When I try and update my files using the command apt-file update in the terminal it starts to do so, until I get to a certain point then I get the following message:
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 401 Authorization Required
Download of…
Leo Tobias
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Listing all packages installing into a specific directory
How to search for all packages installing files into a specific directory.
E.g. I want to list all packages which are writing files into the /etc/apparmor.d directory.
abu_bua
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Clear apt-file cache
How do I clear the cache created by running apt-file update?
Also, is there a way to see how much space the cache is currently using?
Jet Blue
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How do I list package contents using apt-file?
Sometimes it's necessary to see what's inside a package which was not installed. Normally I use apt-file for this purpose. At most times this works fine, but in some cases I can't retrieve any information about the package contents using apt-file,…
oles
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Whole File System is not getting open in Ubuntu 22.04
file system is only loading
Most Of the time when I try to open the file system , it does not get open and only try to load it till I turn off the computer or restart the computer.
I should mention it that this problem started to occur since when I…
Tanya
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E: Unable to locate package libpystring-dev
Context and attempt:
I am trying to build Blender within an Ubuntu (20.04) WSL2 terminal. I completed the 'Basic Setup' build instructions, but running the ./blender/build_files/build_environment/install_deps.sh command in the 'Advanced Setup'…
domattioli
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