[gentoo-user] Re: How to discover what is the package of a given file?

[lanjelot <lanjelot@gmail.com>]

i'm amazed by how reactive you people were, eix -S was actually what i 
was looking for for so long.

thx heaps!

kashani wrote:
> lanjelot wrote:
>> but what if <package> isn't merged yet ?
>>
>> expl:
>> how do i find out what package i need to emerge so i can use nslookup.
>>
>> it's something i've been wondering for a while and i just thought it 
>> could fit in this thread even though the poster got the answer to his 
>> question.
>>
>> thanks all
> 
> It's not easy under any system. My favorite was trying to figure out how 
> to get uuencode stuff under Redhat. It's the sharutils package in case 
> you were wondering.
> 
> Google and the Gentoo forums are your friends when trying to find what 
> installs what though most of it fairly straightforward. Gentoo does have 
> some unique issues because the Gentoo "system" is fairly stripped down 
> so things like dig, telnet, or ftp are missing until you add them. 
> That's much of the appeal to many people.
> 
> emerge bind-tools to get nslookup, dig, host, etc.
> 
> kashani

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