pkgfile
Search files from packages in the official repositories on Arch-based systems.
See also: pacman files, describing the usage of pacman --files.
More information: https://manned.org/pkgfile.
- Synchronize the pkgfile database:
sudo pkgfile --update
- Search for a package that owns a specific file:
pkgfile filename
- List all files provided by a package:
pkgfile --list package
- List executables provided by a package:
pkgfile --list --binaries package
- Search for a package that owns a specific file using case-insensitive matching:
pkgfile --ignorecase filename
- Search for a package that owns a specific file in the
bin or sbin directory:
pkgfile --binaries filename
- Search for a package that owns a specific file, displaying the package version:
pkgfile --verbose filename
- Search for a package that owns a specific file in a specific repository:
pkgfile --repo repository_name filename