bash completion of apt-get

[Clint Adams]

> [ "$PS1" -a -f /etc/bash_completion ] && . /etc/bash_completion
> 
> at the bottom of /etc/profile, then restarting, but this didn't help.

You don't want to do that; try editing /etc/bash.bashrc (look down at
the bottom).

> Another, unrelated question: How hazardous is it to add conventional 
> debian mirrors and other deb sources to the sources.list file in 
> practice? There are some packages not in the ubuntu mirrors that I need. 
> If this is the case, should I just use some other debian distro before I 
> break ubuntu, or is the risk of breakage minimal?

I think you should complain if the package you want isn't in the
"universe" component.