Jack Hill on 22 Jun 2009 14:43:34 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Oops, quickly over my head with Ubuntu package management


dpkg -S /path/to/file tells you which package owns file. This may be useful
for future reference.

Jack

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009, Chaz Meyers wrote:

> I think it's provided by coreutils.
>
> [ cpm juno ~ ] dpkg -L coreutils | grep sha256
> /usr/share/man/man1/sha256sum.1.gz
> /usr/bin/sha256sum
>
> - Chaz Meyers
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Eric<eric@lucii.org> wrote:
> > I have a command on my Ubuntu system called sha256sum.  How do I find what
> > package that is in so that I can install it on another server?  I need to access
> > it via PHP to create checksums.  It works just fine on my workstation but does
> > not exist on the target system.
> >
> > I tried to search in Google using this string:
> >    ubuntu "install sha256sum" -fedora
> > There were 5 responses and they were were either in Japanese/Chinese or they
> > indicated that I could have Google translate it.
> >
> > At that point, I'm thinking "Luke, you're in deep doo-doo(1)... very very deep."
> >
> > Extra information:
> >
> > My system:
> >        cat /etc/*release
> >        DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> >        DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
> >        DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
> >        DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
> >
> > The target system:
> >        cat /etc/*release
> >        DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> >        DISTRIB_RELEASE=6.06
> >        DISTRIB_CODENAME=dapper
> >        DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS"
> >
> > TIA
> > Eric
> >
> > (1) safe for work translation.
> >
> > --
> > #  Eric Lucas
> > #
> > #                "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
> > #                 And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
> > #                                        -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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