OK, I added the trailing / (which, BTW, I guarantee I *never* needed before, and I've been doing this for years), ran apt-get update, etc., but in the end I got the same results.
Does apt-get build-dep emacs25 work ok for you all? (I assume that if you try it, you'll get a Y/N prompt that'll let you back out.) Thanks! On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Cindy-Sue Causey <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/21/17, Dejan Jocic <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 20-08-17, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Kynn Jones <[email protected]> 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 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? > >> > >> Your apt-get build-dep command is fine. This could be be a problem > >> with the particular mirror you are using. Try using > >> http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ instead of > >> http://deb.debian.org/debian and see if that works. > >> > > > > Actually, httpredir.debian.org is unmaintained and all it does is to > > redirect to deb.debian.org. What he does miss is / after debian. So it > > looks like this: > > > > 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 > > > I came in here to ask about the "apt-get update", too. > > I was also wondering about the "httpredir" one. There was some > publicity about it becoming "a thing" to do a long time ago. Then I > noticed it disappeared out of my new installations. And then I read > something about it going by the wayside. :) > > I tried this command earlier. It failed with the same error as Kynn. > While I was dissecting to see if I could catch some tiny error in > Kynn's sources.list, I smacked myself in the head about mine. > > Of course mine wouldn't work. My sources.list was only one line. It > didn't have the deb-src line. Always wondered what that was for, now I > know. I had just been thinking about changing that yesterday so I did > today. > > My lines don't have slashes at the end. I didn't do that. Debootstrap > sets it up with no trailing slash. In fact I just got to verify for > 100% because I ran the first step in debootstrap'ing Sid again a > couple hours ago. > > I just ran the "apt-get build-dep emacs25" command again.. It's > working as expected now... so I'm back to leaning heavy on did you > "apt-get update"? :) > > Cindy :) > -- > Cindy-Sue Causey > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > > * runs with duct tape * > >
