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Gerhard Burger (burger.ga) wrote : Re: [Bug 1184565] Re: add 'sudo apt-get install package' to history when command not found

I think you mean /usr/lib/command-not-found
I'll see if I can get it too work myself, then I'll upload a patch...

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:02 PM, voltlick <email address hidden>wrote:

> command-not-found.pl may be the file in question that needs modifying.
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> Title:
> add 'sudo apt-get install package' to history when command not found
>
> Status in command-not-found handler:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> This is not a bug but a feature request. I find it slightly annoying
> that when I try to execute a command I get for example
>
> The program 'latexmk' is currently not installed. You can install it
> by typing:
> sudo apt-get install latexmk
>
> Of course if I want to use it, and it is only in one package, the next
> step is to install it, by typing 'sudo apt-get install latexmk'
>
> If you could add
>
> history -s 'sudo apt-get install latexmk'
>
> to the command not found handler, a fake entry would be added to the
> bash history, and I could install the package by pressing Up and then
> Enter, which is so much more convenient and cool ;)
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