I stumbled upon this when trying to install gnome-user-docs with all the available languages:
$ sudo apt install gnome-user-docs* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package gnome-user-docs* So far I can do what I want by using apt-get: sudo apt-get install gnome-user-docs* But I read in NEWS that the change is planned to propagate to apt-* ... Is there no less intrusive way to deal with package names such as g++? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872200 Title: apt does not accept globs and regexes in some cases Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Observed with Ubuntu 20.04 Beta. apt remove 'mypackage*' does not remove all installed packages starting with “mypackage”. Instead: $ sudo apt remove 'mypackage*' Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package mypackage* However: $ sudo apt list --installed 'mypackage*' Listing... Done mypackage-data-v1/focal,focal,now 0.3.2-5build1 all [installed,automatic] mypackage1/focal,now 0.3.2-5build1 amd64 [installed] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1872200/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
