[PADS] finding a package by file

[Stephen Gran]

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 06:13:08AM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson said:
> > apt-file search <filename>
>=20
> I have sha.h installed as part of libssl-dev, and yet
>=20
>     jeff@diderot:jeff $ apt-file search sha.h
>      + /var/cache/auto-apt
>      + /var/cache/auto-apt
>     jeff@diderot:jeff $=20

First, as root, apt-file update.  It has to create a database (basically
done by downloading Contents.gz from each of your sources) before it can
do anything.  Check the manpage for more info.
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