Find out packages contain the file you are looking for
Which installed package does that file belong to?
dpkg -S filename
apt-file tool can help to find out which packages contain a file.
sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
sudo apt-file search filename
Some other useful package management options
To list all installed packages
dpkg --get-selections
To list the files in a package.
dpkg -L packageName
To list recently installed packages
ls -lt /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list|less