Ubuntu apt-get and apt-file

apt-get and apt-file is 2 little useful tool when finding and installing/update Ubuntu package.

The apt-get program uses this database to find out how to install packages requested by the user and to find out which additional packages are needed in order for a selected package to work properly.

See:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html

While apt-file is a program to find missing package.

A sample to install and use apt-file

1. Install apt-file with apt-get -- sudo apt-get install apt-file

2. Update the apt-file database -- sudo apt-file update

3. Search missing package with apt-file -- apt-file search