Comments on: Apt-file: Providing apt’s answer to rpm -qf

By: apt

apt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:02:32 +0000

Apt-file: Providing apt’s answer to rpm -qf

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By: Schley Andrew Kutz

Schley Andrew Kutz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:49:27 +0000

I completely agree. I should have pointed out that the apt packages are just wrappers from the dpkg commands. I chose to focus on the apt packages for two reasons:

- They are what Canonical are standardizing on for package management and IT administrators are likely to find the most help WRT package management if they ask about the apt tools.

- The dpkg tools themselves are many. If there was just one dpkg command that did it all I would focus on that, but dpkg is really a suite of tools as well.

Thank you again for your point, it just reinforces the fact that there is always more than one way to skin a doorknob.

By: Valdemar Lemche

Valdemar Lemche — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:28:44 +0000

Gr8 the point got stripped in the post …
What was meant to be written was:

Erhm … ok apt-file is cool, but debian/ubuntu’s real equivalent to “rpm -qf “ is “dpkg -S“, which as has been in standard switch in any debian variant since … well forever.

By: Valdemar Lemche

Valdemar Lemche — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:50 +0000

Erhm … ok apt-file is cool, but debian/ubuntu’s real equivalent to “rpm -qf “, which as has been in standard switch in any debian variant since … well forever.

Please remember that apt-get apt-file and all the other ‘apt’ associated programs are just wrapper programs around some package management program. For instance when I used redhat, (many years ago), I would always install apt-get as standard component to handle my RPM package management. (I can’t live without apt …)