apt install vlc-bin should not be suggested in lieu of snap install vlc

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Hi,

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 at 21:19, Raymond Rusk <rusk.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When I execute vlc in a terminal on Ubuntu 20.04LTS before it is
> installed, it suggests installing the snap package or running "apt
> install vlc-bin". I see that https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc-bin
> is missing dependencies and all of the recommended packages listed in
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc so it does nothing but print out
> the version to the command-line when /usr/bin/vlc is executed. I think
> that the suggestion should be to use 'apt install vlc' rather than 'apt
> install vlc-bin' since the later leads to confusion.
>

vlc-bin package in debian/control needs to grow
XB-Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: vlc

This will cause command-not-found to recommend installing vlc.

Please open a bug report against the vlc package requesting such annotation.

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Regards,

Dimitri.