trying to get sorce

**mikulator** · July 4th, 2013

I need to patch source but have a problem getting source using the following command

Code:

apt-get source linux-source-3.5.0-34-generic

but I get this error

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to find a source package for linux-source-3.5.0-04-generic

What is wrong?

**arpanaut** · July 5th, 2013

Do you have your source repositories enabled?

**mikulator** · July 5th, 2013

I think I did (see pic + and then an apt-get update), but I am not sure if I need to do more

**steeldriver** · July 5th, 2013

Provided you have the deb-src repositories enabled, you should be able to get the source for your currently installed kernel using

Code:

apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)

If you need to get a particular minor revision that is different from your currently installed version then you may need to use the git repository, I think

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/SourceCode