linux:arch:arch_notes
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Arch Notes
pacman
* pacman commands and their dnf, apt, etc, quivalents. (highly useful!)
pkgfile
Searches the repositories to find which package contains a particular file, use the https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/pkgfile:pkgfile command. This command isn't installed by default on Manjaro. It's in the pkgfile package.
To install:
sudo pacman -Sy pkgfile sudo pkgfile --update #You'll want to run this if its been a while to (re)build indexes
To find which package contains a command:
pkgfile -vb <file>
Command line arguments
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| -v | Verbose |
| -b | Search for binaries |
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