Re: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>>In my Sarge stable, when I do:
>>
>> # apt-get build-dep emacs21
>>
>>I get the following output:
>>
>> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
>>
>>. The debian-emacsen listers suggested me to properly edit the file
>>'/etc/apt/sources.list', which is the following:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>, then to handle the 'apt-cdrom' tool; but I really
>>don't know how. Here's my '/var/lib/apt/cdroms.list':
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>. Please could you provide some basic help to such a basic problem?




Arafangion <thestar@fussycoder.id.au> writes:

> In a nutshell, you need to be able to get the *source code*, not just
> the compiled binaries in order to make use of build-dep.
> You have two *binary* CD's, do you have a source CD?  You need to get
> them. (And the versions must be the same, afaik)
>
> Disclaimer: I have not actually done this.


Thanks, I see,
I seem to catch the problem's core.
The two CDs I have are actually two DVDs that came out of a magazine,
including the complete Debian Sarge 3.1 stable.
I have no more installation media.
I thought they were including everything I'd need, but instead,
if I understand what you say, they are not sufficient to fully satisfy
all the installation needs with Debian Sarge.
Sorry if I'm not technically correct.
Does anybody know how I could burn a source CD for the two I have?

Thanks indeed,
Rodolfo