apt-get

[Michael Havens]

thanks for your help guys.... I guess I wrong then!

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
wrote:

> Mike,
>
> If you go to the Debian web site, and click on Debian Packages, you can
> search by package name and contents of all packages. Search the contents of
> all packages to find a file in a particular package. From there you can
> download the package and extract the file. Not sure why you just want the
> file and not the whole package.
>
> Mark
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 1:38 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Long ago I needed a file that was included in an apt package. If I
>> remember right there is a way to find out what package that file is a part
>> of and to extract it. Am I right? If so, how is it done?
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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