On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 11:21:21PM +1000, Karl Auer wrote: > Please tell us the actual command you were trying to run. I'm guessing > it is this one: > > sudo apt-get source mplayer If that's it, then the answer is simple: you don't need to run "apt-get source" as root, and so (on general principles) you shouldn't. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]