pull-debian-source with apt-get or "how to download a Debian package from Ubuntu the hard but fun way"
Have you ever wanted to download a Debian package from an Ubuntu system? Well you are not alone: hidden away in the wonderful " ubuntu-dev-tools " package is the tool for you - the excellent pull-debian-source , written by tumbleweed . This is a really useful tool which is also fast ! $ sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-dev-tools $ pull-debian-source hello pull-debian-source: Downloading hello version 2.8-1 pull-debian-source: Downloading hello_2.8.orig.tar.gz from ftp.debian.org (0.665 MiB) pull-debian-source: Downloading hello_2.8-1.debian.tar.gz from ftp.debian.org (0.006 MiB) dpkg-source: info: extracting hello in hello-2.8 dpkg-source: info: unpacking hello_2.8.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: info: unpacking hello_2.8-1.debian.tar.gz Or, to download the at package from the sid release: $ pull-debian-source at sid pull-debian-source: Downloading at version 3.1.13-1 pull-debian-source: Downloading at_3.1.13.orig.tar.gz from ftp.debian.org (0.117 MiB...