From: Philip Durbin <philipdurbin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:57:13 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: show files for uninstalled package, foobar
X-Git-Url: http://git.greptilian.com/?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=735490a042e5afdc36e6760d3de72eeea0632ca6

show files for uninstalled package, foobar
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diff --git a/ubuntu.mdwn b/ubuntu.mdwn
index eae7123..ce90e2d 100644
--- a/ubuntu.mdwn
+++ b/ubuntu.mdwn
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
     dpkg --list
 
     # show info for a package
-    dpkg --status package_name
+    dpkg --status foobar
 
-    # show files owned by a package
-    dpkg --listfiles package_name
+    # show files owned by an installed package
+    dpkg --listfiles foobar
+
+    # show files owned by an uninstalled package
+    apt-file list foobar
 
     # show which package owns a file
-    dpkg -S /usr/bin/pdftoppm
+    dpkg -S /usr/bin/foobar
 
     # show which package will own a file
-    apt-file find /usr/bin/convert
+    apt-file find /usr/bin/foobar
 
     # resynchronize the package index files from their sources
     apt-get update