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#1 2009-01-07 12:02:22

davvs
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[solved] Searching for exeutables

Is there any way to search for an executable in the package manager using pacman (or something else)?
Some way of answering the question "What package(s) contains the program osd_cat"

For example I want the executable osd_cat, How can I know what package that contains it?

I know that in ubuntu, if you're missing some program it says:

$ osd_cat
The program 'osd_cat' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install xosd-bin
bash: osd_cat: command not found

Last edited by davvs (2009-01-08 01:18:46)

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#2 2009-01-07 12:13:33

Allan
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Re: [solved] Searching for exeutables

There are file lists for each repo available on the mirrors.  Named something like <repo>.files.tar.gz.

There is also a couple of scripts which use that info. e.g. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=49031

Edit: there is also google which generally gets you to the right place.

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#3 2009-01-07 12:43:35

davvs
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Re: [solved] Searching for exeutables

Hey thanks. That really solved my problem. smile

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#4 2009-01-07 12:43:36

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Re: [solved] Searching for exeutables

pkgtools in [community] provides pkgfile which can tell you what you want.


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#5 2009-01-07 12:50:53

davvs
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Re: [solved] Searching for exeutables

Oh that's even better, thanks.

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