[SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

firyice · 2011-06-03 03:57:21

I recently installed surfraw

sudo pacman -S surfraw

Under ubuntu, there was a bash completion file that installed with it.
/etc/bash_completion.d/surfraw
as you can see here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/all/surfraw/filelist

The arch package however does not have this file, and so bash completion does not work. I understand that arch is a minimalist distribution, and the package maintainer may simply have ommited this package under their own discretion.

Since this is the case, my question is: How do I Install surfraw correctly with bash completion?

I tried downloading straight from the surfraw website and Follow their instructions:
http://surfraw.alioth.debian.org/#downloading

./configure
make
make install

Not only did I still not have bash completion, but now surfraw is not working at all.

Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advanced!

Note: I will be back to check up on this thread at 8:00am EST

Bonus: If you are a surfraw user, share your favorite elvi's!

Last edited by firyice (2011-06-03 12:46:53)

stlarch · 2011-06-03 04:56:53

I'm not sure about your problem, (I've never tried surfraw, but I think I might just have to), but remembered seeing this thread, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116811

jasonwryan · 2011-06-03 06:46:21

I would surmise that the reason that it is not included in the Arch package is it is not necessary. By adding the elvi directory to your path, you get completion (as well as doing away with the need to prefix the command with sr or surfraw).

man surfraw wrote:

Adding the elvi to your path
If you are a regular user of surfraw, you will probably get sick of typing sr or surfraw each
time. You can regain the old behaviour of running the elvi directly by adding the elvi direc‐
tory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your path, either manually or using surfraw-update-path(1)

As to your other issue: I know hearing this after the fact is not helpful, but installing without using pacman is something you would only do if you really knew what you were doing.

Remove all the files manually and reinstall with pacman and you should be good to go.

As for favourite elvi (apart from those in the thread stlarch linked to - which have been committed and will appear in the next release), I mostly use duckduckgo and wikipedia.

# edit BUT if you really wanted completion like in Ubuntu, you could copy the surfraw_bash_completion script to /etc/bash_completion.d/surfraw and that should probably work...

firyice · 2011-06-03 12:46:09

jasonwryan wrote:

I would surmise that the reason that it is not included in the Arch package is it is not necessary. By adding the elvi directory to your path, you get completion (as well as doing away with the need to prefix the command with sr or surfraw).
man surfraw wrote:
Adding the elvi to your path
If you are a regular user of surfraw, you will probably get sick of typing sr or surfraw each
time. You can regain the old behaviour of running the elvi directly by adding the elvi direc‐
tory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your path, either manually or using surfraw-update-path(1)

This is what I'll do, after fixing my botched install.

jasonwryan wrote:

...if you really knew what you were doing.

this is my goal right here

Thank you for such a complete answer. Also, as an aside, your github configs have been some of the most helpful to me in customizing my arch setup.

And... [SOLVED]

Last edited by firyice (2011-06-03 12:46:34)

jasonwryan · 2011-06-03 19:19:37

firyice wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
...if you really knew what you were doing.
this is my goal right here

Thank you for such a complete answer. Also, as an aside, your github configs have been some of the most helpful to me in customizing my arch setup.

You are heading in the right direction

Good to see someone else attesting to the truth:

Surfraw manifesto wrote:

Reclaim heathen lands. Bear witness to the truth. Its love will set you free.

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#1 2011-06-03 03:57:21

[SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

#2 2011-06-03 04:56:53

Re: [SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

#3 2011-06-03 06:46:21

Re: [SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

#4 2011-06-03 12:46:09

Re: [SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

#5 2011-06-03 19:19:37

Re: [SOLVED] surfraw bash-completion

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