02-23-2008
Q abt open source ! Plz answer
Hii everybody here
first of all i'm soo soo happy to join Unix people ...
I was using computer from age 7 till now i'm 20
but in the past 2 years i used linux ( Ubuntu )
and i have a small Q !
while the linux is open source so how could I make changes to the application !
for example any application for mail ! how could i improve it by myself as its open source so i can change in it ! am I right and thanks aloot
Last edited by Ali87; 02-23-2008 at 07:01 AM..
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
pull-debian-source
PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1) General Commands Manual PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1)
NAME
pull-debian-source - download and extract a source package from Debian
SYNOPSIS
pull-debian-source [options] <source package> [release|version]
DESCRIPTION
pull-debian-source downloads and extracts the specified version of source package, or the latest version in the specified Debian release.
pull-debian-source will try the preferred mirror, default mirror, security mirror, and fall back to Launchpad or snapshot.debian.org, in
search of the requested version.
OPTIONS
source package
The source package to download from Debian.
release
The release to download the source package from. Defaults to unstable.
version
The specific version of the package to download.
-d, --download-only
Do not extract the source package.
-m DEBIAN_MIRROR, --mirror=DEBIAN_MIRROR
Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form http://ftp.debian.org/debian. If the package isn't found on this mirror,
pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.
-s DEBSEC_MIRROR, --security-mirror=DEBSEC_MIRROR
Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form http://security.debian.org. If the package isn't found on this mirror,
pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror.
--no-conf
Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.
-h, --help
Display the usage instructions and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to
those in configuration files.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific
variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.
PULL_DEBIAN_SOURCE_DEBIAN_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR
The default value for --mirror.
PULL_DEBIAN_SOURCE_DEBSEC_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR
The default value for --security-mirror.
SEE ALSO
dget(1), pull-debian-debdiff(1), pull-lp-source(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5)
ubuntu-dev-tools 22 January 2011 PULL-DEBIAN-SOURCE(1)