apt install vlc-bin should not be suggested as alternative to snap install vlc

Bug #1891225 reported by Raymond Rusk
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
vlc (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

When I execute vlc in a terminal on Ubuntu 20.04LTS before it is
installed, it suggests installing the snap package or running "apt
install vlc-bin". I see that https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc-bin
is missing dependencies and all of the recommended packages listed in
https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc so it does nothing but print out
the version to the command-line when /usr/bin/vlc is executed. I think
that the suggestion should be to use 'apt install vlc' rather than 'apt
install vlc-bin' since the later leads to confusion.

I was told by Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> the following:

Hi,

On Sat, 8 Aug 2020 at 21:19, Raymond Rusk <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> When I execute vlc in a terminal on Ubuntu 20.04LTS before it is
> installed, it suggests installing the snap package or running "apt
> install vlc-bin". I see that https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc-bin
> is missing dependencies and all of the recommended packages listed in
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/vlc so it does nothing but print out
> the version to the command-line when /usr/bin/vlc is executed. I think
> that the suggestion should be to use 'apt install vlc' rather than 'apt
> install vlc-bin' since the later leads to confusion.
>

vlc-bin package in debian/control needs to grow
XB-Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: vlc

This will cause command-not-found to recommend installing vlc.

Please open a bug report against the vlc package requesting such annotation.

--
Regards,

Dimitri.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: vlc 3.0.9.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Aug 11 12:29:55 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Raymond Rusk (rrusk) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, the package is in sync with Debian so ideally that would be added there

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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