Jon Schewe wrote: > I've got a debian system setup and I'd like to know what's the apt > command that will tell me which package a file belongs to. Here's an example... use dkpg to find out the package name.... then you can use dpkg and/or apt-cache to learn more about the package (including a full list of files in the package, etc.). HTH, --Tom tmarble at techno 13% dpkg --search /usr/share/doc/wxwin2.4-examples/examples/wxPython/demo.py wxwin2.4-examples: /usr/share/doc/wxwin2.4-examples/examples/wxPython/demo.py tmarble at techno 14% dpkg --status wxwin2.4-examples Package: wxwin2.4-examples Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: devel Installed-Size: 6236 Maintainer: Ron Lee <ron at debian.org> Source: wxwindows2.4 Version: 2.4.2.4 Suggests: libwxgtk2.4-dev (= 2.4.2.4), wxwin2.4-doc Description: wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (examples) wxWindows is a class library for C++ providing GUI (Graphical User Interface) and other facilities on more than one platform. Version 2.4 currently supports subsets of GTK+, Motif, and MS Windows. . This package contains examples of using the wxWindows toolkit in C++ and with the wxPython language binding. tmarble at techno 15% apt-cache showpkg wxwin2.4-examples Package: wxwin2.4-examples Versions: 2.4.2.4(/var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/lib/dpkg/status) Reverse Depends: libwxgtk2.4-python,wxwin2.4-examples kdevelop3,wxwin2.4-examples Dependencies: 2.4.2.4 - libwxgtk2.4-dev (5 2.4.2.4) wxwin2.4-doc (0 (null)) Provides: 2.4.2.4 - Reverse Provides: _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list