Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:17:08 -0700 From: Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> To: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to find which package contains file? Message-ID: <3E9B5D94.4070401@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: <1050368712.69920.39.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <3E9B5A56.2070609@yahoo-inc.com> <1050368712.69920.39.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>On Mon, 2003-04-14 at 21:03, Erik Steffl wrote:
>
>
>> is it possible to find which package contains file?
>>
>> Let's say I know that I need libiconv.so.1 library (just an example),
>>which package do I need to install?
>>
>>
>
>If you have the package and file already installed on your system:
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>pkg_info -W /path/to/file
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>
thanks but what about the situation described abovwe - when I am
trying to find which package to install when there's some file missing?
(usually a library but could be something else).
erik
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