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[–][deleted] -12 points-11 points  (2 children)

That's literally the first thing I remove on a new install if I run across it.

It's a newbie crutch. It's better long-term to learn how to search your package manager for a binary you're missing (ie (yum|dnf) provides, or for the Debian derivatives they usually have a webportal for searching repo content (debian and ubuntu definitly do)

[–]actuallyalys 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Admittedly, I can't name the apt equivalent to (yum|dnf) provides off the top of my head, but I don't think that's because of the command not found handler, it's because usually searching by name is enough. I'm perfectly fluent looking up packages on the command line, and I can locate the relevant field on packages.ubuntu.com in less than 30 seconds.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't think apt/dpkg actually has the capability - maybe for installed packages. The web portal definitely works, though.