(Debian/Ubuntu) Discover what package a file belongs to
user@host:$ dpkg -S /bin/ls coreutils: /bin/ls user@host:$ dpkg -S ls | wc -l 12831
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Works similar to dpkg -S, but uses the locatedb and is thus inarguably a lot faster - if the locatedb is current.
8dlocate /path/to/file -
Uses dpkg -S or apt-file to find the file you want and shows results in various ways. Available at https://github.com/Pipeliner/configs/blob/master/bin/pacof
pacof -xp 'bin/[^/]*mixer'alsamixergui alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils ... Show Sample Output-2pacof -e rlogin
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apt-file -x search /some/filedpkg -L packagenameequery belongs /some/filedpkg -S ip | grep "/ip$"Output: linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic/include/config/ip iproute: /bin/ip iproute: /sbin/ip First line of the output is a directory by name ls intalled by the package linux-headers-2.xxxx Second line is the executable by name ip The last line of the output is the symbolic link to the command ip You need to replace both instances of string ip with the command/file of your interest in my example command.dpkg -S `which ls`You might know the command but not the full path, i.e. on Ubuntu 11.10:which ls/bin/ls So your command would't actually tell you what package ls comes from on this distro.