Downloader Question

[Bill vance]

Thanks Valorie, I'll give that a shot.

Bill

On 5/5/15, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 8:51 AM, Bill Vance <kbun at xpresso.seaslug.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Howdy;
>>
>> Apt-get is nice as far as it goes, but the choices
>> are somewhat limited compared to muon, and synaptic,
>> etc.  Is there some way to tell muon/synaptic, et al
>> that you want the _source_ for a particular program
>> in their listing?
>>
>> Bill
>
> Apt, apt-get, apt-cache etc. are the tools that Muon and Synaptic uses
> behind that GUI.
>
> `apt-get source packagename` is the way to get the source using apt-get.
>
> To add the sources to Muon Package Manager (not Discover):
>
> Open Muon > Settings > Configure Software Sources then enter your
> password, and tick the sources box.
>
> Something similar in Synaptic; it's been a long time since I installed
> and used that, since Muon is now better.
>
> All the best,
>
> Valorie
>
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