[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: I never said this was a bug. But what I'm saying is there should be a different build for Debian because Debian has a reputation of using outdated packages. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Change by Christian Heimes : -- resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Py

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Christian Heimes added the comment: I have been following this issue for a while. I feel it's getting increasingly offtopic for Python bug tracker. Any concerns or problems with your distro are better suited for the help and discussion forums of your distribution. Ah, Ned just closed the iss

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Ned Deily added the comment: This isn't a bug with Python, it is a development environment issue. The discussion would be more appropriate in help forums, like on discuss.python.org or Stackoverflow. And, if there si some deficiency in the devguide, there is a tracker for issues with it: ht

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: I figured out the commands. The problem is they are not upgraded. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Erlend E. Aasland added the comment: Here's a trick I often recommend: Do as the CI; use the posix-deps-apt.sh script! You'll find it in your CPython git repo: $ cd cpython.git # change working dir to the CPython git repo $ cat .github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh #!/bin/sh apt-get update ap

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: This problem doesn't exist in RPM Linux. Therefore creating a new DebianBuild directory (like there is PCBuild, Mac) just for Debian Linux. (I haven't tested RPM Linux and can't access any right now therefore I don't know if the problem exists there or not.

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: It's also pretty problematic that Python depends on the system header code rather than fetched source code like we do in OS X or Windows. I would like to suggest that we fetch source code and then use that instead of system header files. This wouldn't be a

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: I know the deb-src problem and I've added that a long time ago. The problem is that I don't know which repository has the unstable source. I'm on Ubuntu Focal Fossa. I successfully can fetch sources but they are not up-to-date. I can't figure out the reposi

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Éric Araujo added the comment: Some results from a quick web search: - https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingTutorial - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/158395/apt-get-build-dep-is-unable-to-find-a-source-package - https://www.linuxfordevices.com/tutorials/debian/build-packages-from-source -

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Éric Araujo added the comment: apt build-dep (or aptitude build-dep) is a command used to get build-time dependencies for the system package, which are not always the same as the upstream in-development version of Python. As the error message told you, you need deb-src lines in your sources.l

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

Shreyan Avigyan added the comment: I've tweaked some of my settings and was able to get the dependencies but they are out of date. I tried upgrading them but not working. (I'm not new to Ubuntu but I'm also not excellent at Ubuntu. A little bit of explanation would be helpful.) --

[issue43992] Unable to get external dependencies for CPython on Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1

New submission from Shreyan Avigyan : I'm trying to build CPython on Ubuntu but I can't get the external dependencies. Running this command :- $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3 gives the output :- Reading package lists... Done E: You must put some 'deb-src' URIs in your sources.list What is