How to determine which rpm package provides a specific file

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Issue

  • How to determine which rpm package provides a specific file
  • When I try to compile some third-party software from source code, the configure script reports some library is missing -- how do I know which package provides the missing files?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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