On 20 November 2011 12:02, Hector Martinez-Seara <hseara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Why I'm so blind, > Thanks > > On 20 November 2011 12:48, Jakob Gruber <jakob.gruber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/20/2011 11:44 AM, Hector Martinez-Seara wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I have been looking but I haven't found a solution to check if a given > >> file in my system belongs to any of my Installed packages. > >> > >> For example, in all my 3 archllinux machine I have a directory named: > >> /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3 85Mb > >> > >> I would not expect to have this directory as I'm fully updated and my > >> current libreoffice is 3.4. Accordingly there also exists the > >> directory: > >> /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4 335Mb > >> > >> I'm not an expert in the libreoffice package and therefore blindly > >> removing the first, without knowing if it is really needed or it is > >> just some directory during the updates, makes me feel unconformable. > >> > >> The command in question should be able not only to check repository > >> packages but also locally installed ones although if it is not > >> possible with the first will be enough. > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Hector > > > > That would be pacman -Qo. From the manpage: > > > > QUERY OPTIONS > > [...] > > -o, --owns <file> > > Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path > > can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified. > > > > > > -- > Hector Martínez-Seara Monné > mail: hseara@xxxxxxxxx > Tel: +34656271145 > Tel: +358442709253 The only thing being that "pacman -Qo" cannot determine ownership of directories. But still you can guess with: $ pacman -Ql libreoffice-base| grep basis libreoffice-base /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/ [..] -- Guillaume
