How to find out which package a particular file under /usr/share came from?

Question

How do I find out which (apt-get-installed) package a particular file came from?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 11 '14 at 12:34

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Use dpkg -S, as in dpkg -S /path/to/file.

For sorting list in column, Follow:

dpkg -S /usr/share | tr " ," "\n" | sort

edited Jul 11 '14 at 12:34

Pandya

answered Jul 11 '14 at 09:48

fkraiem

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '14 at 11:51

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You can also find out the package path from the package name:

$dpkg -L <package name>

e.g.

$dpkg -L zip

answered Jul 11 '14 at 11:51

Prakash V Holkar

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