Currently `look` is broken, according to upstream and Ubuntu bugs: https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/1493[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1971425[2]
aptitude show wamerican bsdextrautils Package: wamerican Version: 2020.12.07-2 State: installed ... This package provides the file /usr/share/dict/american-english containing a list of English words with American spellings. This list can be used by spelling checkers, and by programs such as look(1). Package: bsdextrautils Version: 2.38-4 New: yes State: installed Automatically installed: yes ... `bsdextrautils` cannot be not installed because it's in the dependencies of `man-db`. Thanks, Chris -------- [1] https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues/1493 [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1971425
