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Re: Problems with apt-get source



This one time, at band camp, Kenneth Stephen said:
> Hi,
> 
> 	Here is what I get when using apt-get source :
> 
> ebiz:/etc/apt# man apt-get
> Reformatting apt-get(8), please wait...
> ebiz:/etc/apt# apt-get source krb5-telnetd --download-only
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> ebiz:/etc/apt# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_source_Sources
> ebiz:/etc/apt# apt-get source krb5-telnetd
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> ebiz:/etc/apt# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_contrib_source_Sources
> ebiz:/etc/apt# apt-get source krb5-telnetd
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Could not open file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_source_Sources - open (2 No such file or directory)
> ebiz:/etc/apt# touch /var/lib/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_non-free_source_Sources
> ebiz:/etc/apt# apt-get source krb5-telnetd
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Unable to find a source package for krb5
> 
> 	Can someone tell me what am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kenneth

How about apt-get update first?

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