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From: "Kristoffer Ström" <kristoffer@rymdkoloni.se>
To: Daniel Hatton <dan.hatton@btinternet.com>,
	Guix help list <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Search for Guix package by provided filename
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:45:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pll6bcez.fsf@rymdkoloni.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b5e9fe7c-8002-43ef-beaa-c6c38791c3be@btinternet.com>


> Does there exist a tool for searching out which Guix package provides a 
> particular executable, or a particular file more generally, please?

As far as i know, unfortunately no.

I would love to have a tool like this, (still don't know where to find
hcitool for example) Sometimes grepping the guix source for the file
works, but it's not very reliable.

This would be a great thing to somehow build into substitute
repositories, since they are probably the only places that know about
what files are actually produced by all package definitions.


  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-01 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-01 17:16 Search for Guix package by provided filename Daniel Hatton
2025-01-01 18:45 ` Kristoffer Ström [this message]
     [not found] <DABE2E85-2DEB-48D7-A8DE-097B7B662D02.ref@yahoo.com>
2025-01-02 14:38 ` Parnikkapore

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