Author: g4sra Date: To: dng@lists.dyne.org Subject: Re: [DNG] package search methods was ( USB mount problem)
On Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 at 1:59 AM, Fred <fred@???> wrote: > On 6/15/21 1:24 PM, g4sra via Dng wrote:
> > <--snip-->
> > > Unfortunately I am not able to find what package contains gvfs-udisks2-vo.
> > > <--snip-->
> > > apt-file search gvfs-udisks2-vo
> > > gvfs-daemons: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor
> > > gvfs-daemons: /usr/lib/systemd/user/gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor.service
> > Hi,
> > Why does apt-cache search gvfs-udisk* not find these? Because 'gvfs-udisk*' is not equivalent to 'gvfs-udisks2-vo'
The '*' is a shell wildcard substitution meta-charater.
> Why does apt-file search gvfs_udisk* not find these? Because 'gvfs_udisk*' is not equivalent to 'gvfs-udisks2-vo'
There is no underscore in the path\filename
The '*' is a shell wildcard substitution meta-charater.
> Why does the package search page on debian.org and devuan.org not find these? As nobody knows what you entered as the search field.. who can say ?
> apt-file search requires entering the exact name. I may not know that. No it doesn't, it requires entering part of the exact path or name.
> What flippin' good is it? Works for me.