apt-file
HowTo: install apt-file. It an be used to show which files are being included by a package.
Introduction[edit]
apt-file
an be used to show which files are being included by a package.
Quote Debian package apt-file
:
search for files within Debian packages (command-line interface) apt-file is a command line tool for searching files contained in packages for the APT packaging system. You can search in which package a file is included or list the contents of a package without installing or fetching it.
Installation[edit]
The order in which these commands are run matter, [1] but the process is idempotent. This means it is possible to re-apply all of the following steps.
1. Delete /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc
because it contains settings that speed up APT but break apt-file
and command-not-found
. [2]
sudo rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc
2. Install apt-file
.
Install package(s) apt-file
. Follow steps A to E.
A Platform specific notice.
- Kicksecure: No special notice.
- Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.
B Update the package lists and upgrade the system .
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
C Install the apt-file
package(s).
Using apt
command line
--no-install-recommends
option
is in most cases optional.
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends apt-file
D Platform specific notice.
- Kicksecure: No special notice.
- Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification .
E Done.
The procedure of installing package(s) apt-file
is complete.
3. Run apt-file update
with root rights.
sudo apt-file update
4. Done.
Setup of apt-file
has been completed.
Usage[edit]
Syntax:
sudo apt-file list package-name
Example:
sudo apt-file list nano
See Also[edit]
command-not-found
- Speeding up "apt update" with Acquire::Languages=none and Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled=false - It's so much faster!
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑
Also
apt update
cannot be skipped since package contents files need to be downloaded. - ↑
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled false;
breaks
apt-file
because it requires/var/lib/apt/lists/*Contents*
to exist.See: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857090
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