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Re:Shutting down Ubuntu One file services by bashinator on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:15PM (#7517118)

    dpkg -S /some/file # tells you what package provides that file  
    dpkg -L some-package # lists all the files provided by a package
    apt-get search <regex> # lists all package names matching <regex>
Re:Shutting down Ubuntu One file services by cben on Thursday April 03, 2014 @02:32AM (#7521286)
$ apt-get search foo E: Invalid operation search

It's apt-cache search, and it searches full descriptions, not just package names.

Re:Shutting down Ubuntu One file services by bashinator on Thursday April 03, 2014 @01:49PM (#7524629)
My bad - I meant `aptitude search`