How can I know to which package a command belongs ?

[Colin Law]

On 25 October 2013 10:50, Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> wrote:
> For example:
>
> How can I know to which package the command ifconfig belongs ?

sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update

$ which ifconfig
/sbin/ifconfig

$ apt-file search /sbin/ifconfig
net-tools: /sbin/ifconfig

So it is in the net-tools package

Colin


>
> Regards,
> Kevin
>
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