Re: octave dependancies ubuntu 12.04

[Luke M]

Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso-2 wrote
> 
> On 19 May 2012 11:54, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew@> wrote:
>> Ubuntu 12.04   ultrbook
>>
>>
>> address@hidden:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep octave3.2
>> [sudo] password for jen:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
>> address@hidden:~$
>>
>> Anybody know what  this error message really means????
> 
> It means you need deb-src lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list that
> corresond to the deb lines. Same line as the deb line, just copy it
> and replace deb with deb-src. Apt needs these lines in order to know
> what the build dependencies are. Don't forget to run apt-get update
> after you modify sources.list.
> 

Is it a different version of Ubuntu 12.04?  I don't have access to my Ubuntu
laptop at the moment but it is also 12.04 and I don't recall having any such
issues.  I only remember editing maybe 3 text files, and the sources.list
wasn't one of them.  I guess maybe I made some selections I don't remember
when I installed.

But I do know that command didn't grab everything I needed.  I had to also
install several basic development utilities that I didn't already have like
automake, flex, and git.  Unfortunately I didn't keep a full list.

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