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by caf 4083 days ago
flask-wtf is a source package. python-flaskext.wtf is a binary package - a single source package can build one or more binary packages.

Binary packages are what's found by apt-cache search and installed by apt-get install.

You can install a Debian source package using:

  apt-get source flask-wtf
(This just downloads and unpacks it into your current directory, so you don't have to be root - it's not actually modifying the installed package database).

Information on the source package is available here:

https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/flask-wtf