How to find which package provides a file?

For example, I can’t install package qcad because of error: “can’t find qdict.h”.
How can I find the package which provides the file qdict.h so I can install the package qcad?

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Method 1

You may use the e-file command from the pfl package (emerge -av app-portage/pfl) to search by package contents.

e-file YOURFILE

Alternatively, you may use an online database.

Regarding the qcad package specifically, you probably need the Qt4 package. IIRC, use emerge -av x11-libs/qt-gui (If that doesn’t work out, try searching for QT packages. Use this query: emerge -s qt.)


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