can We get source file from .deb file and How?

[vksingh]

Hi,

How can I get source code(source file) from a .deb file.


Thanks,

Vivek

[nvteighen]

1) Activate the sources repositories.
2) In a terminal, do: apt-get source <package> without sudo (be careful... the best is to create a directory, cd into it and then do that command).