[Tutor] Total newbie question

[MR ZenWiz]

Forgot to include the list.


On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:37 AM, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
>> Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>
>>> On 02Jan2017 17:21, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>I'm trying to install python 4.6 on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop, and I
>>>>keep getting scads of errors that culminate with this from make test:
>>>>
> :
>>
>> A nice shortcut for this is to install the build dependencies of the Python
>> 3 used by your distribution:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3.x
>>
>> Replace x with the actual minor version present on your system.
>>
> admar at marbase:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get build-dev python3.5
> E: Invalid operation build-dev
>
> I also tried:
>
> admar at marbase:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3
> Reading package lists... Done
> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
> admar at marbase:~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get build-dep python3.5
> Reading package lists... Done
> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list