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I'm on Ubuntu 25.04. One of my favourite features of Ubuntu is the "Command Not Found" feature, provided by the command-not-found package (upstream). If you type a command that is not installed, then you get a helpful message like the following:

$ foobarbaz


Command 'foobarbaz' not found, did you mean:


command 'foobar' from snap foobar (1.2.3)
command 'baz' from deb baz (1.0-1)


Try: sudo apt install <deb name>    # or: sudo snap install <snap name>

However, I've now noticed that it no longer finds commands that are installable with APT. For example:

$ inxi
inxi: command not found

I expected Ubuntu to tell me that I could install inxi by running sudo apt install inxi.

Here's another example:

$ gedit
Command 'gedit' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install gedit

I expected Ubuntu to tell me that I could install gedit either with Snap, or by running sudo apt install gedit, and to let me know which version number is newer. When I install inxi or gedit using APT, the commands work as expected.

Am I the only one experiencing this bug? How do I fix it?

muru
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    This is confirmed in a bug report on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/command-not-found/+bug/2110346 – Artur Meinild Aug 15 '25 at 08:23
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    @ArturMeinild Thanks. I voted to close my own question, but I want to keep the post undeleted so that people can easily find this bug report. – Flimm Aug 15 '25 at 08:28

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