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Originally Posted by graemef
You just need to download the source files.
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Looking at the first post, one would guess Tordne won't know how to do that.
1) You need to know the package name for the program whose sources you want to see.
2) You need to have the right
deb-src repository in sources.list
3) Use the command
apt-get source package
I expect most Ubuntu users do package management in Synaptic, so doing things directly with apt may be new.
For item (1) you often can get that info by doing a search in Synaptic. If that doesn't tell you the package you want, there is an
apt-file search command you could install and learn to use, but it is easier to use the online search at:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/
Scroll down to where it says
Search the contents of packages
For item (2), you could use the settings/Repositories menu choice in Synaptic or you could more easily directly edit
/etc/apt/sources.list (as root). You will see lines that begin with
deb and for each of those you will want another line that is identical except that it begins with
deb-src