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bash-completion package

  1. Bug #368361
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 368361

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James Westby (james-w) wrote : Re: [Bug 368361] Re: apt-get Bash Autocompletion Not Working

On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 20:11 +0000, Sb wrote:
> On 04/29/2009 03:02 PM, James Westby wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 18:23 +0000, Sb wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> * Is this reproducible?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Yes every time, "apt-get install gnome<TAB>" should return many many
> >> suggestions, and it never does.
> >>
> >
> > Are you a user when you try this, or root? If root, are you using "sudo
> > apt-get", or in a "sudo -i" session?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> ;-) Sorry, it's not that simple. I always use sudo, just forgot to
> mention it.

So "sudo apt-get install gnome<TAB>" is what you are doing?

What is the output of

  echo $BASH_COMPLETION
  echo $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR

?

Thanks,

James