Re: Is there a central depository so that I can download all the source packages?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-08-31 22:50, Peng Yu wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Niu Kun<haoniukun@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Peng Yu 写道:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I need to install packages from source because I don't have a root
> > > account on my machine. So far I found the following websites, but they
> > > certainly do not have all the source code packages.
> > >
> > > http://linux.softpedia.com/
> > > http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/
> > >
> > > Can somebody let me know where I can download all the source code in
> > > Debian?
> > Add "deb-src" to your apt-get list.
> > Then you can use "apt-get source `package-name`" to get the source of your
> > target package.
>
> My linux is redhat, which does not have apt-get. Where I can download
> apt-get source code?

Didn't you ask this same question last week?  (Or is this part of a 
school project, and are the 2nd person to ask?)

Anyway, if you're running RedHat, why in the heck do you want to use 
*Debian* source files?  Use SRPMs.  Much simpler!!!

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