Just a basic question on this utility... I did
sudo apt-get install libhtmlparser-java
And I would like to see the source I just downloaded. On Linux (Ubuntu) where ought I look for this?
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2askubuntu.com is part of StackExchange... It's perfect place for questions like this... :)PrimosK– PrimosK2012-05-25 21:08:09 +00:00Commented May 25, 2012 at 21:08
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Wow.. Didn't know for that one.. +1PrimosK– PrimosK2012-05-25 21:13:14 +00:00Commented May 25, 2012 at 21:13
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2 Answers
dpkg -L libhtmlparser-java
For the source:
apt-get source libhtmlparser-java
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Perfect. Dumb follow-up until I have time to actually learn pkg management tools better, how to find the source after apt-get source?djechlin– djechlin2012-05-25 21:08:58 +00:00Commented May 25, 2012 at 21:08
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It's in a sub-directory the current directory (you'll also see the tarball and diff used to extract it). :)Matthew Flaschen– Matthew Flaschen2012-05-25 21:10:01 +00:00Commented May 25, 2012 at 21:10
"apt-get install" installs compiled packages, not source. To see exactly what files were installed (and where they went), make sure your /etc/apt/sources.list has the "deb-src" equivalent entries for all of your "deb" entries (for the default entries you start with, this will be a matter of uncommenting the deb-src entries, if I recall correctly) and:
sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
apt-file list libhtmlparser-java
As Matthew Flaschen notes above, you can get the source with "apt-get source", but that's like a wget -- it just puts it in your current directory. When I do this, I put it in /usr/local/src.
Edited: I should note that for installed packages, dpkg -L packagename will get you the list of files. You'd want apt-file to be able to list the files in uninstalled packages, or to search packages for a given file.
