[Bug 995370] Re: build-dep is not working properly and giving error

[Dave Lentz]

Not a bug with apt. User needs to enable source repo.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Converted to question:
   https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/196208

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Title:
  build-dep is not working properly and giving error

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am getting following error when I do build-dep
  Presario-CQ42-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep firefox
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  6 12:04:11 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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