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machine: Toshiba MK1646GSX, intel atom [email protected], 2048Mb. 32bit.

OS: LINUX LITE 3.8

i was trying to install the PIDGIN dependencies:

 ~> sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin

and then i got this instead of installing the build-dep:

Reading package lists... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your     sources.list

so i searched and i found sources say that i should rm -rf the sources.list, and then apt-get update and the list will create itself. the results were not good and like what i expected, the list didn't create itself. after that i made a new list with the same content, i tried to make sure about every line and does it own deb-src. all lines are correct. but the Error still exits when i try to install the build-dep. what to do?

sources.list copied from the justpaste link:

###### Ubuntu Main Repos
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse


###### Ubuntu Update Repos
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse


###### Ubuntu Partner Repos
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ xenial partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ xenial partner
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    Have you tried running sudo apt-get update before sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin? Commented Aug 26, 2019 at 21:29
  • How does your sources.list look like? Commented Aug 26, 2019 at 22:00
  • @Freddy yes i did, i said that already in the text. Commented Aug 27, 2019 at 0:26
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    Uncomment # deb-src... Commented Aug 27, 2019 at 0:56
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    please don't link to external sites for short text fragments. paste them into your question (and format as code). i've fixed that for you this time. Commented Aug 27, 2019 at 2:53

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If your distribution has a /etc/apt/sources.list file, uncomment the deb-src lines there:

sudo sed -i 's/# deb-src/deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt update

If your distribution has a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources file (in Deb822-style format), add deb-src to the “Types” line:

sudo sed -i 's/Types: deb$/Types: deb deb-src/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources
sudo apt update
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  • IMO apt update requirement should be included in the error message, not everybody knows internals that well to see it is necessary after sources file editing. Commented Jan 6, 2022 at 0:19
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software-properties-gtk option "Source code"

From the GUI, you can run:

software-properties-gtk

then under the "Ubuntu Software" tab click "Source code":

enter image description here

This has added some deb-src lines under /etc/apt/sources.list, and now I can do sudo apt-get build-dep <package>.

Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.

See also: https://askubuntu.com/questions/496549/error-you-must-put-some-source-uris-in-your-sources-list/857433#857433

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