Request for bash-completion and locate default installed

Feature Requests
1

Hello,
every time I install OSMC I have to install these two packages:
bash-completion
locate
They are very useful for ssh activities; bash-completion can help us to use tab key in ssh and locate to find files in quick mode (via sudo updatedb)

//Den

2

I find that completion using tab is there under ssh, without having to do anything.
I’ve never used locate, but it doesn’t seem to be present.
Derek

3

As the command line is not the main usage for majority of the users I don’t think that an addition of that packages would be a step helping OSMC for it’s purpose. Who ever needs it can install it with a quick apt-get, so not sense to blow up 500.000 Installations for something not used.

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4

Hi,
really strange, I have to install bash-completion in order to have the tab completion on the shell

by,
den

5

Since I haven’t customised any SSH stuff on any of my Pi installs (I have multiple, on Pi1A,Pi1B+,Pi2, Vero), I think you must either have a faulty install or have modified that aspect (possibly inadvertently).
I note that my (default) .bashrc file has something about enabling programmable completion - but have not idea exactly what it means (if it isn’t the tab-completion feature)
Derek

6

Hi Derek,
not at all; my installations are all fine (about 20 OSMC installations on PI1 & P2), I did not modify in any manner .bashrc; just discovered that tab completion in the shell was not working till bash-completion was installed. All the installations were made at the time of the November release of OSMC. But really does not matter I can install it without problem by myself. The request was made as a suggestion in order to have a more complete system even at the cli level; but seems that this request is out of scope for OSMC or too critical for the installed park.

But I still curious to understand why our scenario acts in a different fashion; as soon as OSMC will be released with Jarvis I’ll install a new one and check this.

By,
Den

7

I think the point is that you two need to agree what “tab completion” means for you.
Do you just mean that a command eg. systemctl is completed when you type systemc + TAB. This function comes standard on OSMC without bash-completion installed. Or do you mean more complex completition e.g. you type systemctl + Tab and are displayed with all options that systemctl provides like status/stop/start? I guess for that part you would need bash-completion.

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Hi fzinken,
I mean for example
sudo apt-get install mpla
I’m expect that issuing the key TAB the system propose or resolve to me the package that I want to install (eg. mplayer mplayer2 and any package that starts with mpla)
Den

9

Yep, that is what I thought and where you most likely meant something different than @dandnsmith

10

Good to know what the difference in expectation is - I only expected the (very simple) command/file completion case to work.
Derek