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Orcris
Asked: 2012-01-31 10:23:23 +0800 CST

How do I download things from the source repository? [duplicate]

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How do I get the source code of packages installed through apt-get?

I want to look over some programs to help me learn programming, so I enabled the source repository in Ubuntu. How do I download things from that repository?

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  1. Best Answer

    First - create a working folder to download the source in

    mkdir ~/working_dir
cd ~/working_dir

    The simplest way is to use the syntax apt-get source [foo] where [foo] is the package name.

    For example - if you wanted to see the source of nautilus you would use

    apt-get source nautilus

    basic development tools

    Obviously - if you are intent on playing with code changes you need a few extras.

    sudo apt-get install devscripts build-essential fakeroot

    building packages

    To get install the development packages and dependencies use the syntax

    sudo apt-get build-dep [foo]

    Finally - to build the debian package

    debuild -us -uc
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