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How do I find the package that provides a file?

My mount utility doesn't support ext4, so I plan to update it. How to determine which package contain an app, such as mount?

sudo apt-get install

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sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file search <filename>

What version of ubuntu are you using? If the kernel supports ext4, mount should!

Make sure you're using the correct syntax

mount -t ext4 /dev/sdax /dir

if its a currently installed package (which mount is), you can also do

dpkg -S /bin/mount
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  • Thanks, but it fails: $ sudo apt-file search mount sudo: apt-file: command not found $ sudo cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.24-24-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu4)) #1 SMP Tue Jul 7 19:46:39 UTC 2009 –  May 20 '11 at 02:33
  • It seems no apt-file command. –  May 20 '11 at 02:34
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    you need to install apt-file first, sudo apt-get install apt-file – freethinker May 20 '11 at 02:36
  • however in your case, dpkg -S should work – freethinker May 20 '11 at 02:36
  • My kernel doesn't support ext4. I have checked /proc/filesystem –  May 20 '11 at 02:45
  • There's a command called 'apt-cache'. 'apt-cache search' searches for packages. 'apt-cache show' displays information about a particular package (including whether or not it is installed). apt-cache is available by default iirc – koanhead May 20 '11 at 04:50
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http://packages.ubuntu.com/

Enter "ext4" and click on Description and search. You will soon see that you should have e2fsprogs installed to have full ext4 support (mostly fsck). The kernel controls whether you can mount, though.

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First, direct answer to your question:

dpkg -S will return a list of all packages which have files matching that string. You probably want to pass the full path (which you can using which)

which mount -> /bin/mount dpkg -S /bin/mount -> mount

Also, apt-cache search ext4 will return all of the packages which use ext4. I'd expect you're more likely to need to update e2fsprogs than mount

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