On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 09:19:27PM -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Hello, > > When downloading a source package from somewhere else, I often find > myself in the situation that after.. If by downloading you mean "apt-get source foo" then the answere is: apt-get build-dep foo Otherwise there isn't a general solution, lots of suggestion in the other mails. MfG Goswin