This application implements the command-not-found spec at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic If you want automatic prompts to install the package, set COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_INSTALL_PROMPT in your environment. To use it in bash, please add the following line to your .bashrc file: . /etc/bash_command_not_found To use it in zsh, please add the following line to your .zshrc file: . /etc/zsh_command_not_found Note that it overrides the preexec and precmd functions, in case you have defined your own.