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If you don't know the exact package names, Ubuntu happily auto-completes apt-get and aptitude on package names. So I would just type "aptitude install libfoo" a
by yason 17y ago
If you don't know the exact package names, Ubuntu happily auto-completes apt-get and aptitude on package names. So I would just type "aptitude install libfoo" and hit tab a couple of times to see what libfoos can I install.
- jedbrown 17y agoOr `M-*` to expand all the completions and then, if necessary, delete the ones you didn't want. Beats typing the extensions.
- yason 17y agoThis is golden, I didn't know that. A perfect example of the infinite features that can be found in bash manual page. I've been using bash since the early 90's and I've written lots of non-trivial programs in bash, and I know a lot many other people don't know and yet I had somehow managed to miss this pearl.