Command is now found

A simple-but-powerful tool to scrape command-not-found.com (which I did not make, see Disclaimer) as the only public API available is for Alpine Linux.

Features

• [x] Scrapes command-not-found.com
• [x] Gives a summary of the commands for each distribution
• [x] Can auto-determine the distribution to look for (opt-in)
• [x] Can auto-install (opt-in)

Installation

You'll need git and cargo installed . Then, in a directory where you go to compile stuff (preferably /opt if your permissions are set up correctly but anywhere is fine):

git clone https://github.com/sheepy0125/command-is-now-found
cd command-is-now-found
cargo install --path .

Then, you could put something like this in your shell's rc file to make it easier:

alias how='command-is-now-found -i -r -c'

so you can use how curl for example.
If you're going to do this, please check Usage and Examples for the flags.

Usage

USAGE:
    command-is-now-found [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
    -c, --command <COMMAND>
            The command to find [default: ]

    -d, --distribution <PREFERRED_DISTRIBUTION>
            Distribution to get (if auto-find is disabled) [possible values: arch, debian, ubuntu,
            kali, raspbian, fedora, alpine, cent-os, windows, all]

    -h, --help
            Print help information

    -i, --find-preferred-distribution
            Automatically find the distribution to search for

    -n, --no-prepend
            Don't prepend anything before the commands

    -p, --prepend-before-commands <PREPEND_BEFORE_COMMANDS>
            What to prepend before the commands [default: sudo]

    -r, --run_install_command
            Automatically run the command that was found

        --verbose
            Verbose

Examples

Search for how to install curl for all distributions

command-is-now-found -c curl
command-is-now-found -d all -c curl
command-is-now-found --distribution all --command curl
command-is-now-found and then entering curl when asked for a command

Search for how to install curl for Arch Linux

command-is-now-found -d arch -c curl
command-is-now-found --distribution arch --command curl

Search for how to install curl for Alpine Linux using doas

command-is-now-found -d alpine -p doas -c curl
command-is-now-found --distribution alpine --prepend-before-commands doas --command curl

Search for how to install curl for your current distribution

command-is-now-found -i -c curl
command-is-now-found --find-preferred-distribution --command curl

Search for how to install curl for your current distribution, not modifying the command from the website at all

command-in-now-found -i -n -c curl
command-is-now-found --find-preferred-distribution --no-prepend --command curl

Search for how to install curl for your current distribution and run the command

command-is-now-found -i -r -c curl
command-is-now-found --find-preferred-distribution --run-install-command --command curl

Verbose mode

command-is-now-found --verbose

Did something break?

Please make an issue!
Pull requests are accepted, just make an issue first if it's a non-trivial change.

Changelog

1.0.0 / 2022-10-17
Initial release

Disclaimer

I am not the owner of nor have any relation to command-not-found.com and do not condone sending a huge number of requests to it. I just use this as an easier method than switching to my web browser and I suggest you do only that as well. When making this, I downloaded the curl page from the website and used a web server to host it locally.
This is licensed under the MIT license. See COPYING for details.