Is there any way (dpkg, apt?) to get a package's sources and URL to repository, if available, in Debian ?
asked Jan 16, 2013 at 18:58
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for latest version:
apt-get download --print-uris package | cut -d' ' -f1
for specific version
apt-get download --print-uris package=version | cut -d' ' -f1
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2kept trying this, but no path was printed. Found that having already downloaded the file with
apt-get download pkgit will not print anything. So deleting the file in current wd first worked Apr 26, 2021 at 20:29
apt-cache policy package displays which versions can be installed from which repositories.
bash$ apt-cache policy dpkg
dpkg:
Installed: 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1
Candidate: 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1
Version table:
*** 1.16.1.2ubuntu7.1 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.16.1.2ubuntu7 0
500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
Try:
apt-get install --yes --no-download --reinstall --print-uris package-name
You can extract just URL by adding: | tail -n1 | grep -o "http[^']\+"
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On Debian 11 not works.
$ sudo apt install --yes --no-download --reinstall --print-uris vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?– EsmaeelEJun 5, 2022 at 2:33
To get the source:
Check that you have a deb-src line in /etc/apt/sources.list.
As root, run apt-get build-dep package.
As normal user, run apt-get source package.
To get the URL, go to
http://packages.debian.org/source/sourcepackage.
Then you get a list of the different versions in the supported archives.
If the source package name differs from the binary, it's in the package description, 2nd line it seems.
grep -A1 binpackagename /var/lib/apt/*Packages |grep Source should do the trick.
What about sudo apt-get source packageName? It installs the newest available source tree, when available, in the current working directory.
Check man apt-get for more details.
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1I need just the name. Is there a way to get it ? Also, how could I get the git repo URL from where it downloads the package ? Jan 16, 2013 at 19:47
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You can use website pkgs.org where you can search for packages. It will give you package and repository path as well.
You can use a very simple script called apt-url, that uses apt-move behind the scene to show the package URL.
This script could be found at:
I wonder why nobody suggests apt show <package-name>.
Example:
$ apt show docker-compose
Package: docker-compose
Version: 1.21.0-3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Docker Compose Team <team+docker-compose@tracker.debian.org>
Installed-Size: 632 kB
Depends: python3-cached-property (>= 1.2.0), python3-docker (>= 3.2.1), python3-dockerpty (>= 0.4.1), python3-docopt (>= 0.6.1), python3-jsonschema, python3-requests (>= 2.6.1), python3-six (<< 2), python3-six (>= 1.3.0), python3-texttable (>= 0.9.0), python3-websocket (>= 0.32.0), python3-yaml (>= 3.10), python3:any (>= 3.6~), python3-distutils
Recommends: docker.io (>= 1.9.0)
Homepage: http://docs.docker.com/compose/
Download-Size: 108 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
Description: Punctual, lightweight development environments using Docker
docker-compose is a service management software built on top of docker. Define
your services and their relationships in a simple YAML file, and let compose
handle the rest.
