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HowTo: install command-not-found
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= Introduction =
Quote Debian package [
https://packages.debian.org/{{Stable project version based on Debian codename}}/command-not-found <code>command-not-found</code>]:
<blockquote>Suggest installation of packages in interactive bash sessions
This package will install a handler for command_not_found that looks up programs not currently installed but available from the repositories.</blockquote>
= Installation =
The order in which these commands are run matter, <ref>
Also <code>apt update</code> cannot be skipped since package contents files need to be downloaded.
</ref> but the process is idempotent. This means it is possible to re-apply all of the following steps.
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'''1.''' Delete [
https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/usability-misc/blob/master/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc</code>] because it contains settings that [
https://forums.whonix.org/t/speeding-up-apt-update-with-acquire-languages-none-and-contents-deb-defaultenabled-false-its-so-much-faster/8894 speed up APT] but break <code>command-not-found</code>. <ref>
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled false;
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breaks <code>command-not-found</code> because it requires <code>/var/lib/apt/lists/*Contents*</code> to exist.
See:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857090
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sudo rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc
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'''2.''' Install <code>command-not-found</code>.
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package=command-not-found
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'''3.''' Run <code>update-command-not-found</code> with root rights.
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sudo update-command-not-found
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'''4.''' Done.
Setup of <code>update-command-not-found</code> has been completed.
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= Issues =
== local variable 'cnf' referenced before assignment ==
*
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917455
*
https://salsa.debian.org/jak/command-not-found/-/merge_requests/1
= See Also =
* [[apt-file|<code>apt-file</code>]]
* [
https://forums.whonix.org/t/command-not-found-warningcould-not-open-file-etc-apt-sources-list/7903 command-not-found - WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list']
* [
https://forums.whonix.org/t/speeding-up-apt-update-with-acquire-languages-none-and-contents-deb-defaultenabled-false-its-so-much-faster/8894 Speeding up "apt update" with Acquire::Languages=none and Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled=false - It's so much faster!]
= Footnotes =
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