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I can't find out which package provides the file on CentOS 6.










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I can't find out which package provides the file on CentOS 6.










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I can't find out which package provides the file on CentOS 6.










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  • Try sudo yum install file.

    – jww
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  • Try sudo yum install file.

    – jww
    Jul 3 '16 at 12:44

















Try sudo yum install file.

– jww
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Try sudo yum install file.

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If you had file installed on one of your systems, than the following command would have answered your question



 rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`


In CentOS and other RedHat derived distributions the name of the package is file



 $ rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`
file-5.04-13.el6.x86_64


Edit 2 (after a comment from jww)



To install file type



 sudo yum install file


Edit 1 As @Miquel reminds in Debian and Ubuntu one can use dpkg-query -S:



 $ dpkg-query -S `which file`
file: /usr/bin/file





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    Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

    – Miquel
    Jun 11 '12 at 14:11






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    The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

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If you had file installed on one of your systems, than the following command would have answered your question



 rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`


In CentOS and other RedHat derived distributions the name of the package is file



 $ rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`
file-5.04-13.el6.x86_64


Edit 2 (after a comment from jww)



To install file type



 sudo yum install file


Edit 1 As @Miquel reminds in Debian and Ubuntu one can use dpkg-query -S:



 $ dpkg-query -S `which file`
file: /usr/bin/file





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    Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

    – Miquel
    Jun 11 '12 at 14:11






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    The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

    – jww
    Jul 3 '16 at 12:40













  • @jww edited the post

    – Dmitri Chubarov
    Jul 6 '16 at 18:25
















2














If you had file installed on one of your systems, than the following command would have answered your question



 rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`


In CentOS and other RedHat derived distributions the name of the package is file



 $ rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`
file-5.04-13.el6.x86_64


Edit 2 (after a comment from jww)



To install file type



 sudo yum install file


Edit 1 As @Miquel reminds in Debian and Ubuntu one can use dpkg-query -S:



 $ dpkg-query -S `which file`
file: /usr/bin/file





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

    – Miquel
    Jun 11 '12 at 14:11






  • 1





    The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

    – jww
    Jul 3 '16 at 12:40













  • @jww edited the post

    – Dmitri Chubarov
    Jul 6 '16 at 18:25














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If you had file installed on one of your systems, than the following command would have answered your question



 rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`


In CentOS and other RedHat derived distributions the name of the package is file



 $ rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`
file-5.04-13.el6.x86_64


Edit 2 (after a comment from jww)



To install file type



 sudo yum install file


Edit 1 As @Miquel reminds in Debian and Ubuntu one can use dpkg-query -S:



 $ dpkg-query -S `which file`
file: /usr/bin/file





share|improve this answer















If you had file installed on one of your systems, than the following command would have answered your question



 rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`


In CentOS and other RedHat derived distributions the name of the package is file



 $ rpm -q --whatprovides `which file`
file-5.04-13.el6.x86_64


Edit 2 (after a comment from jww)



To install file type



 sudo yum install file


Edit 1 As @Miquel reminds in Debian and Ubuntu one can use dpkg-query -S:



 $ dpkg-query -S `which file`
file: /usr/bin/file






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  • 1





    Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

    – Miquel
    Jun 11 '12 at 14:11






  • 1





    The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

    – jww
    Jul 3 '16 at 12:40













  • @jww edited the post

    – Dmitri Chubarov
    Jul 6 '16 at 18:25














  • 1





    Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

    – Miquel
    Jun 11 '12 at 14:11






  • 1





    The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

    – jww
    Jul 3 '16 at 12:40













  • @jww edited the post

    – Dmitri Chubarov
    Jul 6 '16 at 18:25








1




1





Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

– Miquel
Jun 11 '12 at 14:11





Replace rpm -q with dpkg -S in debian/ubuntu/derivates

– Miquel
Jun 11 '12 at 14:11




1




1





The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

– jww
Jul 3 '16 at 12:40







The file progam is missing on CentOS 6 and 7: /usr/bin/which: no file in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin) I don't believe we can use which to locate it. And rpm -q --whatprovides "/usr/bin/file" results in error: file /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory.

– jww
Jul 3 '16 at 12:40















@jww edited the post

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Jul 6 '16 at 18:25





@jww edited the post

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