On Wednesday 14 September 2022 02:37:01 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > oops, typos ... > Anno domini 2022 Wed, 14 Sep 11:28:01 +0200 > > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp scripsit: > > Anno domini 2022 Tue, 13 Sep 22:36:44 -0500 > > [...] > > The package with "ntpdate-debian" is called "ntpsec-ntpdate" - sound > > obvious, doesn't it? You can search for it with these commands - that is, > > if "aptitude" and/or "apt-file" are installed (which they are not, by > > default, but the packages providing these commands are called "aptitude" > > and "apt-file"): > > > > aptitude search ntpsec-ntpdate > > apt-file search ntpsec-ntpdate > > Ok, this was a copy&past error. You can search for the package containing a > cerain file with apt-file, not aptitude: > > $ apt-file search ntpdate-debian > ntpsec-ntpdate: /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian > ntpsec-ntpdate: /usr/share/man/man8/ntpdate-debian.8.gz > > Nik You know, it occurs to me that there are many on this list who would advise that everybody without exception ought to use aptitude instead of apt-get. Indeed, I was going to say this earlier, and held my tongue, Some of us old guys are used to apt-get, but this might be a good move, as it will basically do it all for you, and could possibly give you more information, if not actually resolve your issues by some automagical method, inscrutable to us mortals. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
