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Thread: Source Code

  1. #1
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    Source Code

    Where i can download source code of ubuntu, server and desktop platform?
    Thanks a lot for your answers.
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  2. #2
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    Re: Source Code

    Each component package has it's source code available.

    You can download it using
    Code:
    apt-get source <package-name>

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    Re: Source Code

    Ubuntu is maintained in lots of source packages where a server builds them into binaries for convenience.

    If you want to see the source code (and packaging) of a particular package, you can use:

    Code:
    apt-get source <package>
    Some packages, such as ubuntu-restricted-extras are not entirely open-source, there may be some binary in the source package, or it may download some external material when installing.

    EDIT: beaten to it, as per usual.
    Last edited by MG&TL; April 10th, 2012 at 12:08 PM.

  4. #4
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    Re: Source Code

    Thanks a lot
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