On 13/11/99 b- wrote:
how can i get access to the source for debian packages? specifically, i'm looking for the source for debian's "dump" package. i thought i send a note to debian before contacting the author, in case there is a standard way users can access the source code for the binary deb packages.
try adding: deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-freedeb-src ftp://ftp.pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
to your /etc/apt/sources.list change unstable to stable if you are not using potato.
then you can use apt-get source <package> to download and unpack the source for any .deb into your current directory. (unless its a non opensource non-free package)
Best Regards, Ethan Benson To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/