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Command to find the source package of a binary?

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Mar 15, 202633680 views
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I know there's a command, that echoes the full name of a binary (e.g. ). However, I'm fairly sure there's a command that echoes the package that provides a particular binary. Is there such a command? If so, what is it? I'd like to be able to run this: and get for example.

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I guess you are looking for the command (also see frequently used options for dpkg).

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