[Bug 1422406] [NEW] docker command gives wrong install help

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1) Linux Mint 17 'Qiana' MATE 64-bit
2) Typed 'docker' command when docker is not installed
3) Shell said 'install it by typing "sudo apt-get install docker"'.  Doing so installed a completely unrelated package called docker :-(.
4) Either the 'docker' package installs the docker command, or the help says to install the 'docker.io' package.
5) Problem always happens provided 'docker.io' is not installed.


bradley at xxx ~/Downloads $ docker ps
The program 'docker' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install docker
bradley at xxx ~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get install docker
[sudo] password for bradley: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  docker
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 59 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 65.5 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe docker amd64 1.5-1 [12.2 kB]
Fetched 12.2 kB in 0s (48.1 kB/s) 
Selecting previously unselected package docker.
(Reading database ... 179616 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../docker_1.5-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking docker (1.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up docker (1.5-1) ...
bradley at xxx ~/Downloads $ docker ps
The program 'docker' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install docker

** Affects: docker.io (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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docker command gives wrong install help
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422406
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