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hey guys i've been using archlinux for a while. but i still can not figure out how can i get xev and xprop installed. i dont know which package they are in and i can not find the answer with yaourt -Ss or google. Could you please just tell me? Thanks
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[david@first-desktop Desktop]$ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/xev
/usr/bin/xev is owned by xorg-utils 7.4-4
[david@first-desktop Desktop]$ pacman -Qo /usr/bin/xprop
/usr/bin/xprop is owned by xorg-utils 7.4-4
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hey guys i've been using archlinux for a while. but i still can not figure out how can i get xev and xprop installed. i dont know which package they are in and i can not find the answer with yaourt -Ss or google. Could you please just tell me? Thanks
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There's a very useful set of tools in a package called pkgtools. One of them is named pkgfile. It allows users to search for specific programs within packages in the repos. For example, this is a search for xev and the result:
~ > pkgfile xev
extra/xorg-utils
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thanks a lot. the problem is solved
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