dselect and deb-src

hi !
can dselect install source packages ? how ? i don't see them in the list.
this is my sources.list:

deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

The lines that start "deb-src" are the source repositories.

ok, i know that. but how do i install a source package with dselect ? i repeat that i don't see anywhere in the list something like a section of source packages.

I assume you know how to install a regular pkg. w/ dselect, I don't because I use apt-get & KPackage; so I think your Q really is "How do I get a list of availble source pkgs.?"

What I do is use the "Find" function in KPackage -- in this case my search strings would be "src" & "source".

If you know how to get a CLI list of all available pkgs., then piping it through

egrep 'src\|source'  | less -S

might yeild what you need.

Your package manager only installs the .deb containing the source, not the source itself! You'll have to do that manually with the familiar "tar -x{j/z}f <package-name>" then cd into the resulting directory, then "./configure && make && make install"

You raise a good point.

I was assuming from the context that he wants to install the pkgs. themselves for some unstated purpose; possibly, but not necessarily, to then actually install the source. Why he would want to that when the same repos give him access to perfectly good binaries, I won't speculate.

apt-get build-dep packagename
then
apt-get --build source packagename

you can also use fakeroot if you want

let's just say i want to have access to the same source files used to build the debian binaries.

all i want is to have the source files copied somewhere (e.g. /usr/src) and then manually get there and compile.

can i do that (getting the source files: .tar.gz, .dsc, .diff.gz) with dselect and the sources.list file above ?