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Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?

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Please try apt-cache search emacsbuild-dep
apt-cache search emacs25
If both packages show up in above commands then your apt-get command 
ought to work.
On Sun, 20 Aug 2017, Kynn Jones 
wrote:

> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:08:07
> From: Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com>
> To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?
> Resent-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:08:24 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> 
> Example:
>
>    % sudo apt-get build-dep emacs25
>    Reading package lists... Done
>    E: Unable to find a source package for emacs25
>
> I have run `apt-get update` before running the command above, and my
> `/etc/apt/sources.list` file contains the following
>
>    deb  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
>    deb-src  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
>
>    deb  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
>    deb-src  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib
> non-free
>
>    deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
>    deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib
> non-free
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

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