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I have the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for windows installer. I'm trying to install matplotlib on it. From this page it says I need to download the dependencies first using

sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib

But when I do that I get this

me@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Picking 'matplotlib' as source package instead of 'python-matplotlib'
E: Unable to find a source package for matplotlib

How can I get rid of this error?

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Enable Universe repository in software and updates and then run the below commands,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get build-dep python-matplotlib
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  • How do I Enable Universe repository in software and updates? Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 2:47
  • open software and updates from dash.Then enable the community maintained free and open source softwares(universe) repository. Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 2:49
  • When I type software, I only get Ubuntu Software Center and when that opens I see no option to enable the universe repo. Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 2:50
  • try this sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe" Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 2:53
  • ok that ran fine Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 2:55

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