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Asked: 2014-01-09 07:32:03 +0800 CST

Rerun missing command with apt-get [duplicate]

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When I run a command on a new machine (or install that I'm testing) I often find that the package needs to be installed first. This leads, for example, to the following sequence:

> colordiff

The program 'colordiff' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install colordiff

Argggh.

> apt-get install colordiff

Is there a way, when given the prompt that says the command You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install XXXX to run sudo apt-get install XXXX without typing the entire line out? The best I can do is:

> apt-get install !!

but since some command (the shell?) is telling me what I should run, it would be nice if I could get that same program to run it for me.

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1 Answers

  1. I know a lot of people that make an alias for sudo apt-get install. Something like alias agi='sudo apt-get install' in their .bashrc file.

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