[TriLUG] resolving a dependency

[James Manning]

> Is there a way to do a search for a package that *contains*
> <file_name>?  I can do this with yum, but apt does not seem to have
> that function.

IIRC, it's apt-file(1)

       search search is used to search in which package  file  is
              included. A list of all package containing the pat
              tern pattern is returned.

% apt-file search bash_completion
bash

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