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enable auto-completion of apt-get for non-privileged user?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1315 / 1 Year ago, thu, february 2, 2023, 9:43:35

I've enabled apt-get in SUDO without password , and bash autocompletion for it need to be enabled as well , but how ?

If i try to source that file:

%> . /etc/bash_completion.d/apt

No command 'have' found, did you mean:

 Command 'vave' from package 'lipsia' (universe)

 Command 'havp' from package 'havp' (universe)

 Command 'haxe' from package 'haxe' (universe)

 Command 'dave' from package 'libhttp-dav-perl' (universe)

 Command 'save' from package 'atfs' (universe)

have: command not found

No command 'have' found, did you mean:

 Command 'vave' from package 'lipsia' (universe)

 Command 'havp' from package 'havp' (universe)

 Command 'haxe' from package 'haxe' (universe)

 Command 'dave' from package 'libhttp-dav-perl' (universe)

 Command 'save' from package 'atfs' (universe)

have: command not found

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answered 1 Year ago tusmuumu · Accepted Answer

The function have() is defined in /etc/bash_completion, so it is not possible to execute /etc/bash_completion.d/apt in isolation.

I think you would need to run the command

. /etc/bash_completion

and it will then execute all the completion scripts in the /etc/bash_completion.d directory.

However, I'm not sure why you would need to do this anyway. On my systems (natty and oneiric) completion for apt-get already works with or without sudo.