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

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?
Date	2017-08-22 00:10 +0200
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On Mon 21 Aug 2017 at 17:02:44 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > What happens if you try to get the source package directly?
> >
> > % apt-get source emacs25

> I get exactly the same error.

deb.debian.org does not have packages itself but looks for suitable
places to get the package for you. Maybe it is finding somewhere which
does not have what you want. Try replacing deb.debian.org with somewhere
else in /etc/apt/sources.list.

-- 
Brian.

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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
      Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-22 00:10 +0200

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