apt-get tab completion

[jbest]

This is by request from somebody on #remote-exploit.

By default, Debian derivatives don't tab complete "apt-get install [package]" as root. I can't figure out why this is the default behavior; tab completion works fine as other users, but only the root user can actually install the packages... Whatever.

To get this working on BT4 (and Debian/Ubuntu), simply run this command as root in Konsole/gnome-terminal/etc.:

echo "
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
 . /etc/bash_completion
fi" >> ~/.bashrc

This simply adds a check to add the file "/etc/bash_completion" to your .bashrc. The bash_completion file has scripts to handle tab completion on on apt-get, aptitude, and assorted other things.

Close your console, open it back up, and enjoy tab completion.

[shibbz]

Glad to see you made a post.

[Barry]

Why can't we have more first posts like this???

[imported_cybrsnpr]

the code is already in the .bashrc file at the bottom, it's just commented out. But, I do agree with Barry, nice first post.

[imported_spankdidly]

Very cool. thanks!

[KMDave]

Why can't we have more first posts like this???

Well most don't understand regex, it's not Bug || Fixes but Bugs & Fixes.

That means not just reporting bugs but also give the fixes to it

Thanks for the info jbest.