On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> 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. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Blog