[SOLVED] where is the source code?

anis_huq · 03-28-2011, 07:35 AM

Hi,
If I install, e.g. a software called "x" by "apt-get install x", then can I access the source code of "x" from inside Ubuntu 10.10.

I am running my Ubuntu 10.10 inside VirtualBox.

Bye.

T0sh1r0 · 03-28-2011, 08:16 AM

yes you can access it but you have to download it first.

apt-get install x will install the binary and not the source.

Maybe there is a package x-source ready to download (check first if you do not have to add a repository to get it). In any case, you can also go on the website of the project and download the code from there.

jens · 03-28-2011, 08:31 AM

For package x, run

Code:

apt-get source x

.. and read it with ls -dF x*

druuna · 03-28-2011, 08:41 AM

Hi,

This issue is already solved in the OP's cross-posting.......

Reported.

jens · 03-28-2011, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

This issue is already solved in the OP's cross-posting.......

Reported.

Ugh.
Their should be lock for asking the exact same question twice.