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What command does one use to find what package(s) provide a particular |
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file, given that that particular file is not present on my system? For |
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example, I need a program called "foobar", but don't know what package |
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provides it. Under Fedora, I'd use "yum provides foobar"; what command |
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should I use under Gentoo? |
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Something like "esearch foobar" searches package titles, not contents. |
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So, if I was searching for "vi", I'd get all sorts of stuff that has |
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nothing to do with the editor "vi", but happens to have the substring |
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"vi" in its name. And if I was searching for "libfoobar.so", then I |
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might not find any matches, since that file might be in a package called |
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"foobar". In other words, "esearch foobar" doesn't do what I want. |
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Thanks, |
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Rennie |
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