you're right there... Code: deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt etch main would be the one in question Code: /home/user> sudo apt-get build-dep wine Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-3.4 debhelper docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-to-man docbook-utils docbook-xsl fontforge gcc-3.4 gettext gettext-base html2text intltool-debian jadetex libasound2-dev libaudio-dev libaudiofile-dev libcapi20-3 libcapi20-dev libcupsys2-dev libdbus-1-dev libelfg0 libesd0-dev libexif-dev libexpat1-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgcrypt11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgnutls-dev libgpg-error-dev libgphoto2-2-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libice-dev libieee1284-3-dev libjack0.100.0-dev libjpeg62-dev libkpathsea4 liblcms1-dev libldap2-dev liblzo-dev libncurses5-dev libopencdk8-dev libosp5 libostyle1c2 libpng12-dev libpopt-dev libsane-dev libsgmls-perl libsm-dev libsp1c2 libssl-dev libt1-5 libtasn1-3-dev libtiff4-dev libtiffxx0c2 libungif4-dev libusb-dev libx11-dev libxau-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcursor-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxi-dev libxml2-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxslt1-dev libxt-dev libxxf86vm-dev lynx mesa-common-dev openjade pkg-config po-debconf prelink sgmlspl sp tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra tex-common tipa x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-core-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xtrans-dev zlib1g-dev The following packages will be upgraded: fontconfig-config libfontconfig1 libxml2 3 upgraded, 99 newly installed, 0 to remove and 152 not upgraded. Need to get 86.0MB of archives. After unpacking 274MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? that's a crap load of stuff. do i need all of it? can i get away with just the x based packages as listed in the Recommended_Packages (http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages)? actually think i'm answering my own question. going to at least try it first!