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When you want to build a program from source and it fails due to missing headers. Auto-apt can search what package would provide the header files.
sudo apt-get install auto-apt sudo auto-apt update sudo auto-apt updatedb && sudo auto-apt update-local
Search for a header file:
auto-apt search [headerfile.h]
Example:
auto-apt search Xlib.h
You can use it combined with CheckInstall, or you could try using AutoDeb, which combines the two as well as providing some additional facilities.
run - Enter auto-apt environment
update - Retrieve new lists of Contents (available file list)
updatedb - Regenerate lists of Contents (available file list, no download)
update-local - Generate installed file lists
merge - Merge lists of Contents
del - Delete package list
check - Check which package will provide the filename
list - List filelist in dbfile
search - Search package by filename (grep)
debuild - debuild with auto-apt
- useful to get build-depends:
status - Report current environments (auto-apt or not)
For some commands, command name with -local suffix, it will use pkgfiles.db, which is created by update-local command, instead of pkgcontents.db
