Is there an application by which the build dependency as well as the source code of the software gets downloaded automatically as soon as we install the software from a .deb package or the software center?
Note that this downloads three files into the current directory: a tarball of the source code, a compressed .diff.gz patch file, and a .dsc metadata file. Omit the --download-only option to have the command unpack the source code for you too.
If you'd like this to happen automatically, you could write a wrapper script that automatically calls each of apt-get install, apt-get build-dep, and apt-get source.
If you installing directly from .deb files instead of accessing an APT repository, then you might not be able to do this, because .deb files do not contain source code, or even a link to the source code they were built from.
To install the build dependencies for
foo, runapt-get build-dep fooTo get the source code, run
apt-get source --download-only fooNote that this downloads three files into the current directory: a tarball of the source code, a compressed
.diff.gzpatch file, and a.dscmetadata file. Omit the--download-onlyoption to have the command unpack the source code for you too.If you'd like this to happen automatically, you could write a wrapper script that automatically calls each of
apt-get install,apt-get build-dep, andapt-get source.If you installing directly from
.debfiles instead of accessing an APT repository, then you might not be able to do this, because.debfiles do not contain source code, or even a link to the source code they were built from.There is some more information on the apt-get man page.