[Bug 1372999] Re: missing "sudo apt-get install" instructions when more than one package provides a binary

[Dustin Kirkland ]

Suggested fix in lp:~kirkland/command-not-found/1372999

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Title:
  missing "sudo apt-get install" instructions when more than one package
  provides a binary

Status in “command-not-found” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  <sabdfl> landscape at maas-1-14:~$ flex
  <sabdfl> The program 'flex' can be found in the following packages:
  <sabdfl>  * flex
  <sabdfl>  * flex-old
  <sabdfl> Ask your administrator to install one of them
  <sabdfl> when did that change from "sudo apt-get install" one of those packages?
  <sabdfl> most people are their own administrator and won't know who to ask :)

  ...

  <kirkland>         elif len(packages) > 1:
  <kirkland>             packages.sort(key=cmp_to_key(self.sortByComponent))
  <kirkland>             print(_("The program '%s' can be found in the following packages:") % command, file=sys.stderr)
  <kirkland> you get that message when the command can be found in multiple packages

  Looks like it's been that way for a little while, at least.

  It would be great if command-not-found would show the "sudo apt-get
  install" instructions, for each package in this case.  It's
  friendlier, and really handy to have the text to copy and paste (if
  you are the administrator).

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