apt-file is a command line tool which allows you to see all the files which a package will install, and their location. For example, the output of apt-file show vorbis-tools on a Ubuntu 8.04 box will be:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-file show vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/ogg123
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/oggdec
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/oggenc
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/ogginfo
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vcut
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vorbiscomment
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vorbistagedit
vorbis-tools: /usr/lib/mime/packages/vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/README.Debian
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/changelog.Debian.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/copyright
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/examples/ogg123rc-example
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/ogg123.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/oggdec.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/oggenc.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/ogginfo.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vcut.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vorbiscomment.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vorbistagedit.1.gz
As you can see, it shows all the files (including binaries) which are installed by the package vorbis-tools.
To install apt-file, just use:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
The next step is to update its cache:
sudo apt-file update
Search for a specific file in the packages
Sometimes you remember the name of a tool but forget what package contains it. For example, to see in which package the shnsplit tool is included, you can execute:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-file search shnsplit
shntool: /usr/bin/shnsplit
shntool: /usr/share/man/man1/shnsplit.1.gz
As you can see, shntool is the package we are looking for.
Updated: Sep 20, 2008Source URL: http://ashesgarrett.blogspot.com/2008/09/tip-of-day-use-apt-file-in-ubuntu-804.html
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-file show vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/ogg123
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/oggdec
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/oggenc
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/ogginfo
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vcut
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vorbiscomment
vorbis-tools: /usr/bin/vorbistagedit
vorbis-tools: /usr/lib/mime/packages/vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/README.Debian
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/changelog.Debian.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/copyright
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/doc/vorbis-tools/examples/ogg123rc-example
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/ogg123.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/oggdec.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/oggenc.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/ogginfo.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vcut.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vorbiscomment.1.gz
vorbis-tools: /usr/share/man/man1/vorbistagedit.1.gz
As you can see, it shows all the files (including binaries) which are installed by the package vorbis-tools.
To install apt-file, just use:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
The next step is to update its cache:
sudo apt-file update
Search for a specific file in the packages
Sometimes you remember the name of a tool but forget what package contains it. For example, to see in which package the shnsplit tool is included, you can execute:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-file search shnsplit
shntool: /usr/bin/shnsplit
shntool: /usr/share/man/man1/shnsplit.1.gz
As you can see, shntool is the package we are looking for.
Updated: Sep 20, 2008Source URL: http://ashesgarrett.blogspot.com/2008/09/tip-of-day-use-apt-file-in-ubuntu-804.html
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