I often build CMake projects on my Manjaro system and until a while ago I could type the following in a bash terminal: cmake --bu then press Tab which would autocomplete to --build. It would do the same for most of the CMake --workflows, e.g. --install and similar. Since I am often testing build p…

Are you certain that bash-completion is actually installed? I notice this thread that seems to indicate it might not be by default. [image] Bash completion not installed by default on stable Support this is in my .bashrc but bash-completion was not installed with my fres…

Hi @grmpf , Which shell are you using? Check with: echo $0 If it’s not bash, you could try entering bash: bash …and see if it works there. if it works and you want top keep bash, just change the shell: chsh -s /usr/bin/bash $USER

[image] Mirdarthos: Which shell are you using? Check with: echo $SHELL That will provide the details of the environment’s shell. If @grmpf is running their cmake --bu command from a terminal (probably Konsole as their profile says they are on Plasma), then they could actually be using zsh. …

Good point. Thank you! Edit: Fixed my instructions just now.

Now this is embarrassing. Thanks, this is the solution. The bash-completion package was missing after a reinstall earlier this year.

CMake --workflow completion not working

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Are you certain that bash-completion is actually installed?

I notice this thread that seems to indicate it might not be by default.