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polymetr

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Registered: 2009-12-04

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[Solved] Howto find a package name knowing a filename

Hi everyone.
Let's suppose I need a file /usr/sbin/ip
What must be a pacman command so that I could find a package name which
involves this file? pacman -S..

Last edited by polymetr (2010-06-03 18:15:37)

wonder

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Re: [Solved] Howto find a package name knowing a filename

install pkgtools and use pkgfile.

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droog

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Re: [Solved] Howto find a package name knowing a filename

pacman -Qo /usr/sbin/ip

nevermind thought you already had it installed, wonder is right.

Last edited by droog (2010-06-03 16:58:25)

polymetr

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Registered: 2009-12-04

Posts: 40

Re: [Solved] Howto find a package name knowing a filename

install pkgtools and use pkgfile.

Thanks