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pkgfile:tldr:c765f
pkgfile: Search for a package that owns a specific file in a specific repository.
$ pkgfile --repo ${repository_name} ${filename}
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The command pkgfile --repo ${repository_name} ${filename}
is used to find the package name that provides a specific file in a given package repository.
Here's an explanation of the various components of the command:
pkgfile
: It is the name of the command-line program that is being executed.--repo ${repository_name}
: It specifies the package repository from which the package information should be retrieved.${repository_name}
should be replaced with the actual name of the repository.${filename}
: The name of the file for which you want to find the corresponding package name.${filename}
should be replaced with the actual name of the file.
When you run this command, it searches the specified package repository for the given file. If the file is found in the repository, it returns the name of the package that provides it. This command can be useful when you want to determine which package contains a particular file in a package repository, especially in Linux-based systems.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.