On 03/08/10 at 08:36pm, David C. Rankin wrote: > On 03/08/2010 06:15 PM, Daenyth Blank wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 19:13, David C. Rankin > > <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Guys, > >> > >> I have made friends with pacman in most areas, but one are I still don't know > >> is " How to I find the uninstalled package that will provide xxx?" > >> > >> pacman -Ss must just search package names and not the contents. I need to find > >> html2ps for hylafax. Can pacman do this, or do I search abs/aur for this type of > >> request? > >> > > pkgfile from pkgtools does this. > > > > Thank you Daenyth! > > I'll check it out. Before I got your message, I was able to find it in AUR with > a search. If pkgfile is a cli tool, it's just what I'm looking for. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com It is a cli tool, and it's wonderfully helpful. :P --
