Public bug reported: When I try apt-get source coreutils as standard user I get Error: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list With sudo apt-get source works as expected. Remove please the need of root privileges to download source packages. I have deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt25 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 4 22:27:55 2015 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-04 (548 days ago) ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty ** Summary changed: - cannot get source packages without root privileges + Cannot get source packages without root privileges ** Description changed: When I try apt-get source coreutils as standard user I get Error: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list With sudo apt-get source works as expected. Remove please the need of root privileges to download source packages. + I have deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-lowlatency 3.13.11-ckt25 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-lowlatency i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.15 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Oct 4 22:27:55 2015 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-04 (548 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1502704 Title: Cannot get source packages without root privileges To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1502704/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs