[ale] Q: How do I know whether I have a mkinitrd package installed?

[Brian Pitts]

Hxsrmeng wrote:
>   *How do I know whether I have a mkinitrd package installed?*
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> I didn't see any package, either installed or un-installed, named 
> mkinitrd in Synaptic Package Manager.

dpkg -S mkinitrd will tell you if any package you have installed 
includes a file with a name that matches the pattern mkinitrd.

The package you want is initrd-tools.

-Brian