On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 05:22:24PM +0200, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 05/31/2013 04:30 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > I thought the usual method is: apt-get source <package> > > > > Or is that not working for you for some reason? > > The required sources (gcc 4.8) aren't available in the Ubuntu > repositories, and obviously neither will 4.9 be when that becomes > necessary.
You could point /etc/apt/sources.list to the Debian repo: deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main The deb-src line only affects 'apt-get source', so it shouldn't affect your other packages. > Did you ever manage to get a successful GDC build on Ubuntu/Debian? > Would be interested to hear if my description here is useful to you. Actually, I haven't tried since the last time, when it didn't quite work. I'll see if I can find some time to try it again sometime. I've been quite busy in the past while, so I haven't really done too much D-related stuff. T -- Life is unfair. Ask too much from it, and it may decide you don't deserve what you have now either.
