How do I find what RPM package provides a system executable with Fedora?
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Pass -f when querying the rpmdb to specify a file to look for.
rpm -qf /path/to/executable
rpm -qf $(which executable)
If the file is not installed then ask yum.
yum whatprovides '*bin/executable'
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How do I find what RPM package provides a system executable with Fedora?
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