Ubuntu "for that you need this"

Khannie

Does anyone know what the package I need to install is that says:

"Oh, that's not installed, you need to install <blah> to get it".

e.g. if I type "convert" it'll say "you need to install imagemagick"

(I have a minimal lxde install and I want that tool that tells me what I need)

Kinet1c

Unsure of package but this might help http://askubuntu.com/questions/128524/how-to-list-package-dependencies-reverse-dependencies

Tom Dunne

Is it not one of the package managers?

Can't remember if Ubuntu is Debian based, but I am fairly sure it happens on systems using RPM. (I use CentoOS a lot).

nookie

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syklops

Khannie wrote: »

Does anyone know what the package I need to install is that says:

"Oh, that's not installed, you need to install <blah> to get it".

e.g. if I type "convert" it'll say "you need to install imagemagick"

(I have a minimal lxde install and I want that tool that tells me what I need)

You can use apt-file search to find the name of the package that contains the file or executable you need. Very handy if compiling something and it says File:file101.h is missing. You can do apt-file search file101.h andit will return the package name file404, which you can then install.

I know the thing you mean but I don't know the name of it. Let me do some searching.

Johnboy1951

I'm not sure I even understand the question ..... but if using a package manager (such as Synaptic) when you select something you want to install it will also automatically list what also needs to be installed for that package to work (its dependencies).

There are probably some options to use with apt-get that might help.

If using rpm then there are several queries such as

rpm -q --whatprovides
rpm -q --whatrequires

Yes, I know Ubunbtu does not use RPM

syklops

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I'm not sure I even understand the question ..... but if using a package manager (such as Synaptic) when you select something you want to install it will also automatically list what also needs to be installed for that package to work (its dependencies).

There are probably some options to use with apt-get that might help.

If using rpm then there are several queries such as

rpm -q --whatprovides
rpm -q --whatrequires

Yes, I know Ubunbtu does not use RPM

There is a utility on ubuntu where if you type nmap at the command prompt and nmap isnt installed, it will say "nmap isnt installed, do you want to install it Y/n".

Or if you type "make", and build-essential isn't installed, it will say, "Make is part of build-essential which isn't installed, do you want to install it now?"

I think thats what Khannie wants.

Khannie

nookie wrote: »

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/command-not-found/

That's the one. Thanks so much.

syklops wrote: »

There is a utility on ubuntu where if you type nmap at the command prompt and nmap isnt installed, it will say "nmap isnt installed, do you want to install it Y/n".

Or if you type "make", and build-essential isn't installed, it will say, "Make is part of build-essential which isn't installed, do you want to install it now?"

I think thats what Khannie wants.

That's what I mean alright.