open source usability - installing sshd
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| command-not-found (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
The program 'sshd' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
bash: sshd: command not found
The error message itself is good as it tells users how to recover from the error.
From a usability point of view it is bad to tell people to do things the computer could (should) do - hence the solution for all this would sound like this:
The program 'sshd' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
anytime.
Would you like to run "sudo apt-get install openssh-server" now? (Y/n)
This might save about 33 key strokes in this case (vs. Y & return which are 2) - this is really a big gain in efficiency
Cheers
Peter
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 29 10:23:17 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-17-generic i686
| wolki (wolkerstorfer-cure) wrote | #1 |
| Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote | #2 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in command-not-found: | |
| assignee: | nobody → michael-vogt |
| assignee: | michael-vogt → nobody |
| Changed in command-not-found: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #4 |
not a gnome-terminal bug.