title: Unable to find a source package for pidgin (Linux Mint)
body: <p>I want to start developing Pidgin plugins under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Linux Mint</a> 13.</p>
  
  <p>I've read <a href="http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/CHowTo/BasicPluginHowto" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the official tutorial</a> and at the beginning there's said that I should install the development dependencies for pidgin using the command:  <code>apt-get build-dep pidgin</code></p>
  
  <p>But it ends up with the following error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Do I have to add a special repository? Or how can I make Linux Mint to find this package?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the dump of sources.list:</p>
  
  <pre><code>deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
  deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner
  deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free
  
  # deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
  # deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games
  </code></pre>