[arch-general] pacman search help needed: howto find package that provides html2ps?
Guys, I have made friends with pacman in most areas, but one are I still don't know is " How to I find the uninstalled package that will provide xxx?" pacman -Ss must just search package names and not the contents. I need to find html2ps for hylafax. Can pacman do this, or do I search abs/aur for this type of request? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 19:13, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I have made friends with pacman in most areas, but one are I still don't know is " How to I find the uninstalled package that will provide xxx?"
pacman -Ss must just search package names and not the contents. I need to find html2ps for hylafax. Can pacman do this, or do I search abs/aur for this type of request?
pkgfile from pkgtools does this.
On 03/08/2010 06:15 PM, Daenyth Blank wrote:
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 19:13, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I have made friends with pacman in most areas, but one are I still don't know is " How to I find the uninstalled package that will provide xxx?"
pacman -Ss must just search package names and not the contents. I need to find html2ps for hylafax. Can pacman do this, or do I search abs/aur for this type of request?
pkgfile from pkgtools does this.
Thank you Daenyth! I'll check it out. Before I got your message, I was able to find it in AUR with a search. If pkgfile is a cli tool, it's just what I'm looking for. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
On 03/08/10 at 08:36pm, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 03/08/2010 06:15 PM, Daenyth Blank wrote:
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 19:13, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
Guys,
I have made friends with pacman in most areas, but one are I still don't know is " How to I find the uninstalled package that will provide xxx?"
pacman -Ss must just search package names and not the contents. I need to find html2ps for hylafax. Can pacman do this, or do I search abs/aur for this type of request?
pkgfile from pkgtools does this.
Thank you Daenyth!
I'll check it out. Before I got your message, I was able to find it in AUR with a search. If pkgfile is a cli tool, it's just what I'm looking for.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com It is a cli tool, and it's wonderfully helpful. :P --
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 21:40, Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227) <ghost1227@archlinux.us> wrote:
On 03/08/10 at 08:36pm, David C. Rankin wrote:
I'll check it out. Before I got your message, I was able to find it in AUR with a search. If pkgfile is a cli tool, it's just what I'm looking for. It is a cli tool, and it's wonderfully helpful. :P --
One thing it won't do is AUR though; there's no list of files (nor is such a thing at all possible)
participants (3)
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Daenyth Blank
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Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227)
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David C. Rankin