Category Archives: Linux

Debian & Ubuntu Equivalents of ‘yum whatprovides’

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Nicholas Kuechler

For Debian and Ubuntu users there are three easy ways to find what package a file on your system is from. Those Red Hat, Fedora, or CentOS over to a Debian or Ubuntu system may have become used to using ‘yum whatprovides’. There is no whatprovides equivalent in aptitude or apt-get. But there are three easy to use debian/ubuntu alternatives to ‘yum whatprovides’: the Ubuntu packages search web site, the apt-file package, and the ‘dpkg -S’ command. Continue reading →

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Download VMware Appliances and Templates

Posted on November 13, 2006 by nick

Here are 2 places you can download ready to use VMware appliances and operating system templates: VMware Technology Network – Appliances – straight from VMware.com VMware images at thoughtpolice.co.uk You’ll be able to find many different appliances and images. Some … Continue reading →

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