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
