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:::<code>deb-src <nowiki>http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</nowiki> hirsute main restricted</code> | :::<code>deb-src <nowiki>http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</nowiki> hirsute main restricted</code> | ||
# Update the new package information that was added in step 1 | |||
:::<code>sudo apt-get update</code> | |||
# Navigate to the directory that the source code will reside in, and download it. | |||
::Example for downloading the source code for the grep utility | |||
:::<code>sudo apt-get source grep</code> | |||
::Example for downloading the source code for bash | |||
:::<code>sudo apt-get source bash</code> | |||
# There should be a directory with the source code along with some other files. Move to the new directory to view the downloaded source code. | |||
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Revision as of 15:45, 9 May 2021
Acquiring Source Code in Ubuntu
- Update/enable the source package URLs. Note that in Ubuntu, these should already be in the sources.list file and just need to be uncommented. i.e. remove the "#" from the deb-src lines
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
- An example line might look like this:
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hirsute main restricted
- Update the new package information that was added in step 1
sudo apt-get update
- Navigate to the directory that the source code will reside in, and download it.
- Example for downloading the source code for the grep utility
sudo apt-get source grep
- Example for downloading the source code for bash
sudo apt-get source bash
- Example for downloading the source code for the grep utility
- There should be a directory with the source code along with some other files. Move to the new directory to view the downloaded source code.