help needed regarding installation
I am trying to install a source package bnfc using different package management tools and tried options but having problems: While running commands (red coloured font) to install a source package i am having problems (green coloured font) Using* apt* debianabc:/home/fast# cd debian debianabc:/home/fast/debian# apt-get source bnfc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done *E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list *debianabc:/home/fast/debian# apt-get build-dep bnfc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done *E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list *debianabc:/home/fast/debian# cd bnfc2.2 bash: cd: bnfc2.2: No such file or directory debianabc:/home/fast/debian# cd bnfc-2.2 debianabc:/home/fast/debian/bnfc-2.2# debuild -uc -us *bash: debuild: command not found *debianabc:/home/fast/debian/bnfc-2.2# -- *Error Identified: devscripts package was to be installed, so i tried installing that using aptitude but* Using* aptitude* I placed the required files* i.e* .dsc file+.tar.gz file at the following location /root/debian debian:~# pwd /root debian:~# cd debian debian:~/debian# aptitude install devscripts Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Building tag database... Done *Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched devscripts* *No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.* *0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.* Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. -- Regards, Zainab Rehman
Re: help needed regarding installation
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:13 +0500, Zainab Rehman wrote: I am trying to install a source package bnfc using different package management tools and tried options but having problems: You need to put some internet-based repositories in your apt sources. http://www.uk.debian.org/mirrors/list $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main Replace the location with one close to your own location. You *must* include a deb-src repository (and it needs to be an official Debian one, not just mentors.debian.net or some private mirror). E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list This means you have no deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list or in files beneath /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ debianabc:/home/fast/debian# apt-get build-dep bnfc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list You cannot download source without a deb-src. Error Identified: devscripts package was to be installed, so i tried installing that using aptitude but You also don't appear to have a normal Debian mirror available. deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main Whatever sources you have (maybe CD/DVD or some other local mirror) is incomplete because devscripts is the correct package name. debian:~/debian# aptitude install devscripts Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched devscripts Which means that your apt sources are broken. Add a local primary mirror from the link above. -- Neil Williams = http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: help needed regarding installation
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:35:21PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:13 +0500, Zainab Rehman wrote: It should be added that there's no need to apt-get source as a privileged user. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
