[arch-general] Repo Filename Search?

[David Rosenstrauch]

Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> Arch Enthusiasts,
> 
> Does Arch Linux have a utility to search for packages that provide a 
> particular file?  I came across qfile via the wiki and tried it but 
> can't seem to get it to work.
> 
> 
> Kevin

If you're trying to search through your *installed* packages to find out 
which package owns a particular file on disk, you can use:

pacman -Qo /the/file/name

HTH,

DR