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Apt is part of a tool chain that is extreme Unix philosophy. With this we benefit from backwards compatibility and continuing to use our muscle memory, but it a
by lloydde 11y ago
Apt is part of a tool chain that is extreme Unix philosophy. With this we benefit from backwards compatibility and continuing to use our muscle memory, but it also means that if say you want to find out which uninstalled package provides a specific file it means installing another tool.
- frg0 11y agoat some point *hat could do us all a favor and remember that we're just humans.
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- icebraining 11y agoHow so? I don't think you can do that with apt alone, you need apt-file (which is a separate tool).
- kasabali 11y agoOh right. I misread your comment, sorry.
- XorNot 11y agoapt-file is pretty damn lightweight when you get to "another tool" stakes.