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Yaroslav Polyakov
Yaroslav Polyakov

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apt-file: which deb package to install to get X?

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You need to get file X (e.g. hugo), what package to install?

Long time ago, I got used to visit packages.debian.org, scroll down to second search form "Search the contents of packages" and search there.

It's much easier to search with apt-file right from CLI:
Install:

apt install apt-file apt-file update
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Now search:

$ apt-file search hugo fish-common: /usr/share/fish/completions/hugo.fish gargoyle-free: /usr/lib/gargoyle/hugo hugo: /usr/bin/hugo hugo: /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/hugo hugo: /usr/share/doc/hugo/changelog.Debian.amd64.gz ...
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but if we will search for 'gcc', we will find 170000+ results because apt-find looks for substring match. (and 30k results for 'mc' substring). We should use -x/--regexp search:

$ apt-file -x search bin/gcc$ gcc: /usr/bin/gcc icecc: /usr/lib/icecc/bin/gcc nvidia-cuda-toolkit: /usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/bin/gcc pentium-builder: /usr/bin/gcc
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