[Techtalk] finding libs not installed from packages

[Carla Schroder]

On Sunday 16 November 2003 3:10 pm, Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> With rpm, wouldn't the -f option help?
>
> $ rpm -q -f /usr/lib/libBLT.so
> blt-2.4y-167
>
> $ rpm -q -f /usr/local/lib/installwatch.so
> file /usr/local/lib/installwatch.so is not owned by any package
>
> Not sure what the equivalent is with deb's.

Well, yes, this would work- I'd like something that doesn't require 
hunting down and testing each lib individually. There must be a way to 
generate lists from both the package database, and the whole system, 
and then diff them, wouldn't you think?

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