[solved] Searching for exeutables

davvs · 2009-01-07 12:02:22

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)

Allan · 2009-01-07 12:13:33

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.

davvs · 2009-01-07 12:43:35

Hey thanks. That really solved my problem.

rson451 · 2009-01-07 12:43:36

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

davvs · 2009-01-07 12:50:53

Oh that's even better, thanks.

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[solved] Searching for exeutables

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