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

["Alan D. Salewski" <salewski@worldnet.att.net>]

Chaz is certainly correct, but you can query for that info in a more
direct way:

    $ type -a sha256sum
    sha256sum is /usr/bin/sha256sum
    sha256sum is /usr/bin/X11/sha256sum

    $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/sha256sum
    coreutils: /usr/bin/sha256sum

Once you know the full path to the file you're interested in, the
'dpkg -S <PATH>' command will tell you which package owns the file.

With this approach, you do not need to know (or have a hunch) which
package the file is from.

HTH,
-Al

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 05:36:57PM -0400, Chaz Meyers spake thus:
> 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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