What is auto-apt for?

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.

Install

sudo apt-get install auto-apt
sudo auto-apt update
sudo auto-apt updatedb && sudo auto-apt update-local

Usage

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.

Commands

run - Enter auto-apt environment

• run [command [cmdarg]]

update - Retrieve new lists of Contents (available file list)

• update

updatedb - Regenerate lists of Contents (available file list, no download)

• updatedb

update-local - Generate installed file lists

• update-local

merge - Merge lists of Contents

• merge

del - Delete package list

• del package

check - Check which package will provide the filename

• check [-v] [-f] filename

list - List filelist in dbfile

• list [-v] [-f]

search - Search package by filename (grep)

• search [-v] [-f] pattern

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

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