Public bug reported: 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.
I was told by Dimitri John Ledkov <x...@ubuntu.com> the following: Hi, On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 at 21:19, Raymond Rusk <rusk.raym...@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. -- Regards, Dimitri. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: vlc 3.0.9.2-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Aug 11 12:29:55 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891225 Title: apt install vlc-bin should not be suggested as alternative to snap install vlc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1891225/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
