[TriLUG] resolving a dependency

[Michael Thompson]

IIRC, if you use yum:

yum provides <file_name>

should return a list of packages that contain <file_name>.

If anyone knows the equivalent in apt, I'd love to hear about it!

:)

--mike

On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 09:54, Jon Carnes wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 08:09, Marvin Blackburn wrote:
> > I keep running into this issue.
> > 
> > I try to load a package, say packageX.  When I try to install, it says that
> > i need fileY to resolve
> > some dependency.  How can I find the package that might contain that fileY,
> > so I can install packageX.
> > 
> > If a previous version of the file is on the system, you can often see what
> > package it was associated with.
> > But if the file is not there, what do you do.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> This is why folks use tools like Up2date or Apt or Yum. They have lists
> of files/dependencies and will automatically apply them for you.
> 
> If you are using rpm's you can use rpmfind.net to find a package that
> contains a specific file.
> 
> Good Luck - Jon Carnes
-- 
Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>
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