apt-file equivalent to search for source files

Asked Aug 28 '14 at 14:01

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I find the apt-file utility very comfortable to find the package that delivers a given file. If I wanted to find the package that delivered /bin/bash I would simply type

apt-file find /bin/bash

and get a list of packages that contain that file.

Now I wonder can I somehow search for source files of packages? For example if I wanted to find all packages whose source structure contains lib/glob/glob.h? (It is bash in this case).

edited Aug 31 '19 at 09:18

Kalle Richter

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asked Aug 28 '14 at 14:01

Esokrates

I doubt this exists very strongly, since the packaging system doesn't add information about files within the source packages. For example, you can get a list of files for the binary package unity, but not for the source package unity. – muru Aug 28 '14 at 14:14
Are you willing to download all the sources with apt-get source 1st? – Rinzwind Aug 28 '14 at 14:19
Rinzwind: no of course I do not want to get all the packages. I thought maybe there is an index like there is for apt-file. – Esokrates Aug 28 '14 at 14:55
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Possible duplicate of How do I find the package that provides a file? – karel Aug 31 '19 at 09:31

apt-file equivalent to search for source files

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