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NAME

rapt-file – APT package searching utility — search remotely

SYNOPSIS

rapt-file [ options ] [ action ] [ pattern ]

DESCRIPTION

rapt-file is a command line tool for searching files in packages for the APT package management system. It differs from apt-file in that it works with remote package indices, so it doesn’t need to download full Contents files.

find

Alias for search.

list

List the contents of a package matching the pattern pattern. This action is very close to the dpkg -L command except the package does not need to be installed or fetched.

search

Search in which package a file is included. A list of all packages containing the pattern pattern is returned.

rapt-file will only search for filenames, not directory names. This is due to the format of the Contents files it searches.

show

Alias for list.

OPTIONS

-a, –architecture architecture: Sets architecture to architecture. This option is useful if you search a package for a different architecture from the one installed on your system. It determines how the $ARCH variable in sources.list is expanded (but it does not influence the search in any other way).
-l, –package-only: Only display package name; do not display file names.
-v, –verbose: Run rapt-file in verbose mode.
-h, –help: Display a short help screen.

FILES

/etc/apt/sources.list: Locations to fetch package contents from.
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/: Directory with additional sources.list snippets

AUTHOR

rapt-file was written by Enrico Zini <enrico [at] debian.org>.

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