[arch-general] How to find if a file belongs to a installed package?

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Hector Martinez-Seara

20 Nov 2011 20 Nov '11

11:44 a.m.

Hi, I have been looking but I haven't found a solution to check if a given file in my system belongs to any of my Installed packages. For example, in all my 3 archllinux machine I have a directory named: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3 85Mb I would not expect to have this directory as I'm fully updated and my current libreoffice is 3.4. Accordingly there also exists the directory: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4 335Mb I'm not an expert in the libreoffice package and therefore blindly removing the first, without knowing if it is really needed or it is just some directory during the updates, makes me feel unconformable. The command in question should be able not only to check repository packages but also locally installed ones although if it is not possible with the first will be enough. Thanks in advance, Hector -- Hector Martínez-Seara Monné mail: hseara@gmail.com Tel: +34656271145 Tel: +358442709253

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Jakob Gruber

20 Nov 20 Nov

11:48 a.m.

New subject: [arch-general] How to find if a file belongs to a installed package?

On 11/20/2011 11:44 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara wrote:

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Hi, I have been looking but I haven't found a solution to check if a given file in my system belongs to any of my Installed packages.

For example, in all my 3 archllinux machine I have a directory named: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3 85Mb

I would not expect to have this directory as I'm fully updated and my current libreoffice is 3.4. Accordingly there also exists the directory: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4 335Mb

I'm not an expert in the libreoffice package and therefore blindly removing the first, without knowing if it is really needed or it is just some directory during the updates, makes me feel unconformable.

The command in question should be able not only to check repository packages but also locally installed ones although if it is not possible with the first will be enough. Thanks in advance, Hector

That would be pacman -Qo. From the manpage: QUERY OPTIONS [...] -o, --owns <file> Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified.

Hector Martinez-Seara

12:02 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] How to find if a file belongs to a installed package?

Why I'm so blind, Thanks On 20 November 2011 12:48, Jakob Gruber wrote:

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On 11/20/2011 11:44 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara wrote:

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Hi, I have been looking but I haven't found a solution to check if a given file in my system belongs to any of my Installed packages.

For example, in all my 3 archllinux machine I have a directory named: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3 85Mb

I would not expect to have this directory as I'm fully updated and my current libreoffice is 3.4. Accordingly there also exists the directory: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4 335Mb

I'm not an expert in the libreoffice package and therefore blindly removing the first, without knowing if it is really needed or it is just some directory during the updates, makes me feel unconformable.

The command in question should be able not only to check repository packages but also locally installed ones although if it is not possible with the first will be enough. Thanks in advance, Hector

That would be pacman -Qo. From the manpage:

QUERY OPTIONS [...] -o, --owns <file> Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified.

-- Hector Martínez-Seara Monné mail: hseara@gmail.com Tel: +34656271145 Tel: +358442709253

Guillaume Alaux

12:21 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] How to find if a file belongs to a installed package?

On 20 November 2011 12:02, Hector Martinez-Seara wrote:

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Why I'm so blind, Thanks

On 20 November 2011 12:48, Jakob Gruber wrote:

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On 11/20/2011 11:44 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara wrote:

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Hi, I have been looking but I haven't found a solution to check if a given file in my system belongs to any of my Installed packages.

For example, in all my 3 archllinux machine I have a directory named: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3 85Mb

I would not expect to have this directory as I'm fully updated and my current libreoffice is 3.4. Accordingly there also exists the directory: /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4 335Mb

I'm not an expert in the libreoffice package and therefore blindly removing the first, without knowing if it is really needed or it is just some directory during the updates, makes me feel unconformable.

The command in question should be able not only to check repository packages but also locally installed ones although if it is not possible with the first will be enough. Thanks in advance, Hector

That would be pacman -Qo. From the manpage:

QUERY OPTIONS [...] -o, --owns <file> Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified.

-- Hector Martínez-Seara Monné mail: hseara@gmail.com Tel: +34656271145 Tel: +358442709253

The only thing being that "pacman -Qo" cannot determine ownership of directories. But still you can guess with: $ pacman -Ql libreoffice-base| grep basis libreoffice-base /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/ [..] -- Guillaume

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