[SOLVED] Why can't pacman query if a file belongs to a package in repo

helloworld1 · 2011-01-04 21:33:39

I can query the files of packages that is installed on my system. But sometimes I want to know which package contains a file. For example:
A program complains about the libz.so.1, I want to find out which package contains the libz.so.1.

In fedora's yum, I can do that. But pacman can't do since there is no pacman -Ql like command that works for packages in repo.

I am curious why. When I looked into
/var/lib/pacman/local/
I can find a files file which has all the files.
But in
/var/lib/pacman/sync/
The packages do not have "files" file.

Last edited by helloworld1 (2011-01-04 21:46:56)

Inxsible · 2011-01-04 21:34:48

pacman -Qo

doesn't do what you need ?? You probably need to go through manpages of pacman.

If by repo you mean external repos then I am not sure if pacman handles it or not. but they are external and so pacman doesn't need to support them

helloworld1 · 2011-01-04 21:37:47

Inxsible wrote:

pacman -Qo
doesn't do what you need ??

The problem is that pacman -Q only look up the locally installed packages. If I haven't installed, it cannot do.

-Q, --query
           Query the package database. This operation allows you to view
           installed packages and their files, ....

Last edited by helloworld1 (2011-01-04 21:38:04)

Inxsible · 2011-01-04 21:41:42

Aah ! I see what you want now.

I am not sure if this will work. But try the

pacman -Ssp

command and see if it works but I am not sure if it will print the files or just the info

wonder · 2011-01-04 21:41:43

@helloworld1 pkgfile from pkgtools packages can do that.

bernarcher · 2011-01-04 21:41:58

Try pkgfile from the community/pkgtools package if pacman -Qo fails. It can report packages some file belongs to even if it was not currently installed (through pacman).

Edit: Beaten by seconds!

Last edited by bernarcher (2011-01-04 21:42:49)

helloworld1 · 2011-01-04 21:46:39

Ah, thank you very much. That's exactly what I want.

Mr.Elendig · 2011-01-15 19:29:24

http://testnet.har-ikkje.net/kittyfile/ … ry=*pacman (x86_64, db is usually updated every few days)

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#1 2011-01-04 21:33:39

[SOLVED] Why can't pacman query if a file belongs to a package in repo

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