$ LANG=C apt-get -s install mail-transport-agent Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package mail-transport-agent is a virtual package provided by: xmail 1.27-1.1+b1 ssmtp 2.64-4 sendmail-bin 8.14.4-2 qmail-run 2.0.2 postfix 2.8.2-1+b1 nullmailer 1:1.04-1.2 msmtp-mta 1.4.23-1 masqmail 0.2.27-1.2 exim4-daemon-light 4.75-1 exim4-daemon-heavy 4.75-1 esmtp-run 1.2-5 dma 0.0.2010.06.17-10 courier-mta 0.65.3-2 citadel-mta 7.84-3+b1 You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package 'mail-transport-agent' has no installation candidate mail-transport-agent is such a virtual package which never had and will never have a version available for installation, still it can be useful to see which packages provide it. It has other usecases as well - maybe more obscure, more developer centered -, but you asked for just one. :) The command behind the tabcompletion is 'apt-cache pkgnames' and is designed to be as fast as possible. We would defeat the usefulness if we run full-fledged tests on these names as it would slow it down… -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/600463 Title: Bash auto-completion for apt-get & aptitude shows non-existent packages -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
