On Tue 16 Aug 2016 at 12:57:50 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 15 August 2016 14:25:58 Brian wrote: > > > > A good guide to backporting is at > > > > https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/15/howto-to-rebuild-debian-packages/ > > > > A deb-src line in sources.list for unstable is needed to do > > > > apt-get source libsane-common/unstable > > > > Then > > > > apt-get build-deps libsane-common/unstable > > > > should get the dependencies from stable to build libsane-common and > > libsane. > > I have got stuck. Only slightly further on than I had already got stuck. > (apt-get said it wasn't downloading what I had already downloaded!) > > root@Eros:/home/lisi/Sane-Files# apt-get build-deps libsane-common/testing > E: Invalid operation build-deps
Mea culpa. Please see the apt-get manual: build-dep (no "s").
