Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu packages - binary vs. source

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

Hmm, when I add the following to my sources.list file, I get an error as 
shown:
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/accessibility-dev/ubuntu hardy main

E: Could not open file 
/var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_accessibility-dev_ubuntu_dists_hardy_main_source_Sources 
- open (2 No such file or directory)


This happens for every apt-cache showsrc command I issue. COmmenting this 
line out makes the error go away.
Do I have the wrong URL here?  I looked at other deb-src entries in the file 
and they seemed to use the same URL as their deb counterparts.


Thanx.
-- Rich

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Yelavich" <luke yelavich canonical com>
To: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc mit edu>
Cc: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: Ubuntu packages - binary vs. source


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> On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:00:07AM EST, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> > Luke wrote:
> > > To find out what binary packages belong to a source package, run
> > > 'apt-cache showsrc packagename'
> >
> > OK, when I try this for atk, I get nothing at all. What's up with dat?
> > <smile>
>
> YOu have to put a source line in your /etc/apt/sources.list, like this:
>
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/accessibility-dev/ubuntu hardy main
>
> > When I try it with gail, I get the following binary package names:
> > Binary: libgail18, libgail-common, libgail-dev, libgail-dbg, libgail-doc
> >
> > You suggest in your message that saying "apt-get install libgail18" will
> > do the right thing, so does this imply that the first binary package name
> > will be all that is required to install all of gail, or must we install
> > each of these binary packages in turn?
>
> Unless one package depends on another, say libgail-dev depending on 
> libgail18, you have to install these in turn.
>
> Luke
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