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 **To see what package owns a file:**
    rpm -qf filename
+example:
+   # rpm -qf /usr/bin/free
+     procps-3.2.8-14.fc14.x86_64
+alternative with yum
+   # yum search deallocvt
+   Warning: No matches found for: deallocvt
+   No Matches found
+This is where yum's whatprovides (provides works in recent yum versions) command works really well:
+   # yum whatprovides */deallocvt
+   kbd-1.15-11.fc14.x86_64 : Tools for configuring the console
+   Repo        : fedora
+   Matched from:
+   Filename    : /usr/bin/deallocvt
 **To rebuild the RPM database:**
    rpm --rebuilddb