On Thu 28 Feb 2002, Rob Byrnes wrote: > > I know this is i386-related, but so far nobody has been able to help me. > > I'm trying to compile a source package from Debian testing on my Potato > box. Here is the error: > > bunbun:~/apcupsd-3.8.1.5$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b > dpkg-buildpackage: source package is apcupsd > dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 3.8.1.5-1
$ apt-get source apcupsd Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for apcupsd My apt sources point to unstable. What's going on? Without access to the source I can't help. > # Add here commands to compile the package. > autoconf -l autoconf autoconf/configure.in >configure > /bin/sh: ./autoconf: is a directory Looks like your PATH begins with . so that invoking autoconf sess the directory? Try putting /usr/bin in front. You do have autoconf installed? Paul Slootman

