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HowTo: install apt-file. It an be used to show which files are being included by a package.

Introduction

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

The order in which these commands are run matter, 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.

sudo rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc

2. Install apt-file.

Install package(s) apt-file following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 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

4 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.

5 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

Syntax:

sudo apt-file list package-name

Example:

sudo apt-file list nano

See Also

• command-not-found
• Speeding up "apt update" with Acquire::Languages=none and Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled=false - It's so much faster!

Footnotes

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