Package: aptitude Version: 0.5.2.1-1 Severity: normal Hi, aptitude 0.5.2.1 tells me: "E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list" Which I think means "put some deb-src lines in the sources.list". I don't want to install anything from source (as far as I know), so why should I put a deb-src line in sources.list? Why is aptitude unhappy?
Thanks! C. --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.29 Debian Release: squeeze/sid 990 testing security.debian.org 990 testing ftp.egr.msu.edu 990 lenny linux.dell.com 990 hardy linux.dell.com 990 cross-distro linux.dell.com 980 testing mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca 50 unstable http.us.debian.org 50 unstable ftp.egr.msu.edu 40 experimental http.us.debian.org 30 jaunty us.archive.ubuntu.com 25 unstable mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ================================================-+-==================== apt-xapian-index | 0.19 libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7 | libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) | 2.9-4 libcwidget3 | 0.5.12-4 libept0 (>= 0.5.26+b1) | 0.5.26+b1 libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1) | 1:4.3.3-3 liblog4cxx10 | 0.10.0-1 libncursesw5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) | 5.7+20090404-1 libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2) | 2.0.18-2 libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1) | 4.3.3-3 libxapian15 | 1.0.10-2 zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 Recommends (Version) | Installed ============================================-+-=========== aptitude-doc-en | OR aptitude-doc | libparse-debianchangelog-perl | Suggests (Version) | Installed =======================-+-=========== tasksel | 2.48 debtags | --- Output from package bug script --- aptitude 0.5.2.1 compiled at Apr 27 2009 05:01:33 Compiler: g++ 4.3.3 Compiled against: apt version 4.6.0 NCurses version 5.7 libsigc++ version: 2.0.18 Ept support enabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20090404 cwidget version: 0.5.12 Apt version: 4.6.0 linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7f8b000) libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7 (0xb7eb6000) libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb7e78000) liblog4cxx.so.10 => /usr/lib/liblog4cxx.so.10 (0xb7ccf000) libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb7cc9000) libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb7c05000) libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0xb7b89000) libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0xb7a31000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7a1c000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7a03000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7915000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb78ef000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb78e1000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7780000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb777c000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7778000) libaprutil-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0 (0xb7758000) libapr-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 (0xb772b000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb7727000) librt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb771e000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb76ec000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f8c000) libdb-4.7.so => /usr/lib/libdb-4.7.so (0xb7594000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb756d000) Terminal: xterm :0.0 is set. /usr/bin/aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude aptitude version information: aptitude linkage: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org