[lug] What RPM is this file in?

[Kirk Rafferty]

www.rpmfind.net has this ability too.  Just plug in "smbd" (or
whatever file you need) and it'll return RPMs that have that
package.  The bonus is that it reports RPMs for multiple distros.

-k

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 11:56:02PM -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> If you have the package installed, you can easily enough do
> "rpm -qf /bin/ping" to find out what package provides that.  But, if you
> know you need "/usr/sbin/smbd", how do you find out what package it's in?
> A question many of us have had, and until now you kind of had to grep
> through all your package files.
> 
> Try going to:
> 
>    http://community.tummy.com/krudlookup.cgi
> 
> and typing in the name of a file you're looking for...  It emulates a
> system with *ALL* the latest KRUD packages installed.  For example, you can
> ask it what provides "/boot/vmlinux-2.2.17-14", and it will tell you:
> 
>    Package File Name             On KRUD CD       Package Size
>    kernel-2.2.17-14.i386.rpm          1              6.8 MB
>    kernel-2.2.17-14.i586.rpm          1              6.7 MB
>    kernel-2.2.17-14.i686.rpm          1              6.7 MB
> 
> Not bad for an hour's worth of hacking, eh?
> 
> Enjoy,
> Sean
> -- 
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