Finding File Owners

Find which package owns a specific file or binary (useful when a command is missing).

Query all managers

stamp provides /usr/bin/htop

htop-3.2.2-1.fc40.x86_64 (dnf)
htop: /usr/bin/htop (apt)

Results are tagged with the manager name in parentheses.

Scoped to a manager

stamp provides /usr/bin/htop -m dnf

htop-3.2.2-1.fc40.x86_64 (dnf)

No results

stamp provides /usr/bin/nonexistent

no packages provide /usr/bin/nonexistent

Per-manager support

Manager Command Notes
DNF dnf provides <file>  
APT dpkg -S <file> Always available (not apt-file)
Pacman pacman -F <file> Requires pacman -Fy to sync file database first
Paru pacman -F <file> Same as pacman
Zypper zypper what-provides <file>  
MacPorts port provides <file>  
Others ✗ Not supported —

Managers without provides support are silently skipped.