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`apt-get` autocompletion of package name is broken

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At some moment, the apt-get install autocomplete was broken. It was very useful to me to see the names of packages available for installation when pressing Tab.

For example, if I would press the Tab key after sudo apt-get install ruby, all packages starting with ruby would be displayed, such as ruby-mysql, ryby-dev, etc.

Instead of this behavior, if I press Tab, I get a list of directories, as I get when I use cd and press Tab.

How to repair this autocomplete?

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answered 2 Years ago breadoules · Accepted Answer

As stated in the comments to the other answer, first make sure that bash-completion is installed:

sudo apt-get install bash-completion

and apparently for @diapir, it helped to reinstall it:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall bash-completion

However, for me, the problem was not that bash-completion was not installed or broken, the problem was that I had accidently deleted my .bashrc file. You can get a new one by copying it from /etc/skel:

cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/