command-not-found - suggest installation of missing software packages in terminal

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Quote Debian package command-not-found:

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.

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The order in which these commands are run matter, but the process is idempotent. This means it is possible to re-apply all of the following steps.

1. Delete /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc because it contains settings that speed up APT but break command-not-found.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30usability-misc

2. Install command-not-found.

Install package(s) command-not-found following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

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3 Install the command-not-found package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends option is in most cases optional.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt install --no-install-recommends command-not-found

4 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) command-not-found is complete.

3. Run update-command-not-found with root rights.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo update-command-not-found

4. Done.

Setup of update-command-not-found has been completed.

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• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917455
• https://salsa.debian.org/jak/command-not-found/-/merge_requests/1

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• apt-file
• command-not-found - WARNING:root:could not open file '/etc/apt/sources.list'
• Speeding up "apt update" with Acquire::Languages=none and Contents-deb::DefaultEnabled=false - It's so much faster!

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