How can I generate a list of packages that the specific package provides using the apt-family?
asked May 5, 2013 at 9:23
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I don't really get your question. Do you want the list of files from a package, a list of dependencies or a list of packages depending on this package?– SpackMay 5, 2013 at 9:30
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Can you please try and clean up your question? It's unclear to everyone here exactly what you're trying to do. Are you trying to get a list of executables and/or programs that are included in a given package?– slm ♦May 5, 2013 at 12:56
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Use apt-cache show to display information about available packages, or dpkg -s to display information about installed packages.
apt-cache show PACKAGE-NAME | awk '$1 == "Provides:" {print $2}'
dpkg -s INSTALLED-PACKAGE-NAME | awk '$1 == "Provides:" {print $2}'
answered May 5, 2013 at 23:11
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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You mean something like this?
LANG=C aptitude show gnome-terminal|grep ^Provides
