`ubuntu-drivers list` output doesn't bear any relation to the input to the install command

Bug #1818746 reported by Dan Watkins
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

As a user, I would like to decide on one of the drivers available to me and then install it. So I list my options:

```
$ ubuntu-drivers list
nvidia-driver-410
nvidia-driver-390
```

Great, I'll install 410:

```
$ ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu nvidia-driver-410
No drivers found for installation.
```

This is confusing; I think the `list` output format should be aligned with the input format for install.

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Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote :

I'm actually being generous above; a user is much more likely to do:

```
$ ubuntu-drivers install nvidia-driver-410
usage: ubuntu-drivers [-h] [--package-list PATH]
                      [--gpgpu [driver[:version][,driver[:version]]]]
                      [<command>]
ubuntu-drivers: error: unrecognized arguments: nvidia-driver-410
```

which is an even worse error message. So `list`s output should probably also guide the user towards the correct installation method.

Changed in ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
assignee: nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
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Thiago Martins (martinx) wrote :

I totally agree with this!

The Additional Drivers doesn't work if your Netplan uses rendered: networked.

Then, the command line is useless too... How does it work?

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Thiago Martins (martinx) wrote :

Never mind... Just `ubuntu-drivers install` did the trick.. LOL

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