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

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On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 08:08:07PM -0400, Kynn Jones wrote:
>   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  [1]http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
>       deb-src  [2]http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
>
>       deb  [3]http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
>       deb-src  [4]http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
>
>       deb [5]http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
>       deb-src [6]http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
>
>   What am I doing wrong?

What happens if you try to get the source package directly?

 % apt-get source emacs25

(I don't *think* you need to be root to run 'apt-get source', but if it 
complains about permissions, try again with sudo).

>
>References
>
>   Visible links
>   1. http://deb.debian.org/debian
>   2. http://deb.debian.org/debian
>   3. http://deb.debian.org/debian
>   4. http://deb.debian.org/debian
>   5. http://security.debian.org/
>   6. http://security.debian.org/

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apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 02:10 +0200
  Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 03:00 +0200
    Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 03:20 +0200
      Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 06:00 +0200
    Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 09:20 +0200
      Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 09:50 +0200
        Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 11:10 +0200
          Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 11:20 +0200
            Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 12:10 +0200
            Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 12:10 +0200
            Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-08-21 12:20 +0200
    Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-08-21 09:30 +0200
  Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-08-21 03:40 +0200
  Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-08-21 12:40 +0200
    Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Kynn Jones <kynnjo@gmail.com> - 2017-08-21 23:10 +0200
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