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s3gfault
November 14th, 2008, 10:18 PM
help!

root@my-host-name:~# apt-get install apt-file
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package apt-file
root@my-host-name:~# apt-cache search apt-file
root@my-host-name:~# grep -v "^#" /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted



deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
root@my-host-name:~#

Where can i find this command? i rely on it way to much

cariboo
November 14th, 2008, 10:30 PM
Apt-file is in the universe repository, from your listing you don't have it enabled.

Jim

bapoumba
November 14th, 2008, 10:31 PM
apt-file is in universe. you can enable universe/multiverse from synaptic.

Edit: I'm slow :)

s3gfault
November 14th, 2008, 11:11 PM
apt-file is in universe. you can enable universe/multiverse from synaptic.

Edit: I'm slow :)

got it, thanks. i just added it to sources.list.