Re: downloading source code

[mdevin@ozemail.com.au]

On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 10:04:33PM -0500, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> The Debian FAQ suggests the command 'apt-get source <pkg>' to download
> source code for a particular package.
> 
> When I try this, apt-get advises me that I need source lines in my
> sources.list file.
> 
> What would be the source line(s), say, for testing? I can't seem to find
> this info anywhere.
>
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian testing  main contrib non-free

This is an Australian one.  You should change the first part to your
local mirror.  Basically same as the deb lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
but deb-src instead.

Hth
Mark.