unable to find source package for llvm-3.3

Question

i am getting the following error while running sudo apt-get build-dep llvm-3.3

unable to find source package for llvm-3.3

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 (i am using this old version for a special purpose) i am trying to build a particular software and their build instruction ask to use ubuntu 11.10.

Thanks for your time

Answer 1

Ubuntu 11.10 is not longer supported, it may be that you are not getting any packages from the repositories.

Change your /etc/sources.list to the following:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric-updates universe
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security main
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oneiric-security universe

And then run apt-get update and then try again.

There is an article here with more detail.

Answer 2

LLVM 3.3 was never released for Ubuntu 11.10 so you will not be able to find the package in the source archives.

You can downloaded LLVM 3.3 directly from the LLVM site and manually do the configure,make,install process to configure it on your system. You may need to manually hunt down some dependencies for this to work but ./configure will tell you what you need.