thanx for the information. On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > try adding: > > deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.pandora.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US > main contrib non-free > > to your /etc/apt/sources.list change unstable to stable if you are > not using potato. > > then you can use apt-get source <package> to download and unpack the > source for any .deb into your current directory. (unless its a non > opensource non-free package) > > this was very helpful. some notes for for non-US packages sources: - for non-US packages, ftp.pandora... doesn't seem to exist (doesn't resolve with dns). i used non-us.debian.org or one of its mirrors, and it seems to work. - stable direcotry does not have subdirectories main/contrib/non-free. apt-get source <package> is very cool. 8-) thanx again, byoung
