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Re: apt-get: Why "Unable to find source package" errors?



On Mon 21 Aug 2017 at 17:02:44 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:34 AM, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > What happens if you try to get the source package directly?
> >
> > % apt-get source emacs25
 
> I get exactly the same error.

deb.debian.org does not have packages itself but looks for suitable
places to get the package for you. Maybe it is finding somewhere which
does not have what you want. Try replacing deb.debian.org with somewhere
else in /etc/apt/sources.list.

-- 
Brian.


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