What Package Provides What Command
expand_circle_rightSometime we just want to know which package is a command provided by? For instance, which package provides pactl command. Then use pacman in Arch Linux.
[user@hostname ~]$ pacman -Qo pactl
/usr/bin/pactl is owned by libpulse 17.0-3
And for it path,
[user@hostname ~]$ pacman -F pactl
extra/libpulse 16.1-6 [installed: 17.0-3]
usr/bin/pactl
usr/share/bash-completion/completions/pactl
Recommended Reads
Arch Wiki pacman and Pacman Manual man page.
Arch Wiki Tips and Tricks of pacman
Arch Forum Which package provides the executable