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HandyCommands

apt-file is a great little tool for discovering to which package a given file belongs.

For example:

1. apt-get install apt-file
2. apt-file update
3. apt-file search kpsewhich

tetex-bin: usr/bin/kpsewhich tetex-bin: usr/share/man/man1/kpsewhich.1.gz
(Courtesy Greg Trounson who said this in the mailing list)