Re: problem with command-not-found in buster

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Mark Webb wrote: 
> I am a novice user, Mark H. Webb.  I am programmer and learning C++.
> I was compiling a program from github.  The item to compile was cilantro a
> point cloud library in C++. the lib has many dependencies and I thought i
> got them all, but I missed one, tinyply.
> When I went to complied tinyply i get the following on terminal shell:
> 
> 
> *Could not find the database of available applications, run
> update-command-not-found as root to fix thisSorry, command-not-found has
> crashed! Please file a bug report at:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
> <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting>Please include the following
> information with the report:command-not-found version: 0.3Python version:
> 3.7.3 final 0Distributor ID: DebianDescription: Debian GNU/Linux 10
> (buster)Release: 10Codename: busterException information:local variable
> 'cnf' referenced before assignmentTraceback (most recent call last):  File
> "/usr/share/command-not-found/CommandNotFound/util.py", line 23, in
> crash_guard    callback()  File "/usr/lib/command-not-found", line 93, in
> main    if not cnf.advise(args[0], options.ignore_installed) and not
> options.no_failure_msg:UnboundLocalError: local variable 'cnf' referenced
> before assignment*
> 
> I am unsure how to clear this?  Is it as simple as deleting a file?  or do
> i need to edit a file?

It looks like it was trying to run command-not-found, which you
can install with

sudo apt install command-not-found

(I know, that's a wacky name.)

-dsr-