How do I install uuidgen

Question

I need uuidgen for my Linux shell scripts, but it\'s not on my Debian 7.1 net install.

apt-get install uuidgen fails, it\'s not clear what

Answer 1

To find out which package provides a file use apt-file:

sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
apt-file search uuidgen

This will yield as output

uuid-runtime: /usr/bin/uuidgen

So 'uuid-runtime' is the package to install.

sudo apt-get install uuid-runtime.