apt url

Asked by Shane Fagan

Apt url links dont work in launchpad. It would be nice if they did because then instead of saying use
sudo apt-get install wine
We could go apt://wine its a lot easier.
Just an idea I hope its useful.

Regards
Shane

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zand (zand) said :
#1

I have always thought of the apt url as a security vulnerability. Lets say some one made a url that launched a comand that deletes an impotent file labeled as something else.

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said :
#2

I dont think you can uninstall programs through it. If the person has the official repos there shouldnt be any problems.

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Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) said :
#3

Feature requests like this are better handled as bug reports, I think.

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Shane Fagan (shanepatrickfagan) said :
#4

I just created a bug report for it.