[arch-general] pacman search help needed: howto find package that provides html2ps?

[Daniel J Griffiths (Ghost1227)]

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 at 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.
> 
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It is a cli tool, and it's wonderfully helpful. :P 
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