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Searching package repositories by contents

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I am searching for a particular LaTeX input file, and have not been able to find it in the repositories.

I am fairly certain that the repositories can be searched by contents because the following command (searching for the LaTeX input file amsmath.sty) is successful:

# apt-cache search amsmath

texlive-latex-base - TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages

texlive-doc-it - TeX Live: Italian documentation

texlive-latex-extra - TeX Live: LaTeX supplementary packages

texlive-math-extra - TeX Live: Advanced math typesetting

The particular TeX input file I am searching for returns no results (apt-cache search breqn). Can I assume that breqn.sty is not present in any packages in the repositories, and thus seek it out through other means (e.g., CTAN)? Or might there be another way to search through package contents?

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answered 1 Year ago oraoming · Accepted Answer

You can use apt-file to search for files within packages

sudo apt-get install apt-file



# Update database

sudo apt-file update



# Search for files

apt-file search foo



# or in your case

apt-file search breqn.sty

I get texlive-latex3: /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/mh/breqn.sty , so ...

sudo apt-get install texlive-latex3

See also http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-find-missing-packages-with-apt-file