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pkgfile

Tool for searching files from packages in the official repositories on arch-based systems. See also pacman files, describing the usage of pacman --files. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/pkgfile/pkgfile.1.

• 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_name}}
   
• List only files provided by a package located within the bin or sbin directory:
   
  pkgfile --list --binaries {{package_name}}
   
• 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}}