Downloader Question

[Cody Smith]

actually, the source code inside the repos are usually tarballs and an
extra archive with the patches. apt-get source pulls down the 2 archives
and a verification file (basically md5sums) and does all it needs to to get
the package ready for compilation.

--c_smith

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:21 AM, Valorie Zimmerman <
valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Package managers, as their name says, are for installing packages.
> Part of those packages is the source.
>
> You are certainly correct that tarballs aren't downloadable with
> package managers, but that would include apt, apt-get, etc.
>
> Tarballs are what packages are built from, and can also be compiled by
> the user. You would need to download that tarball from wherever the
> maintainer put it - not from the Ubuntu archives. The tarballs that
> Kubuntu packagers download and package usually come from KDE.
>
> I've downloaded and built (compiled) from tarballs for testing. That
> process has nothing to do with package managers.
>
> Valorie
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > If I'm reading this correctly, I believe he wants the source tarballs of
> > some packages, not the software sources (repos).
> >
> > I don't know whether gui package managers have that functionality
> (correct
> > me if I'm wrong)
> >
> > --c_smith
> >
> > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Bill vance <faptagon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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