source?

[D. R. Evans]

Steven Vollom said the following at 12/16/2008 10:15 AM :
>> I have no idea how to do it with synaptic but in a terminal it would be a
>> command like this:
> 
> Hi Nils,
> 
> I am probably going to make a fool out of myself again, but if I understand 
> your question, and I will treat it as though I asked it, after selecting it 
> by placing a check mark in the box, click on 'Apply' at the top of the 
> screen, and everything is done automatically.

What do you mean by "everything"? What *precisely* does one need to do
(after checking the box and reloading the repositories) in order to
download the source for a package.

(I've done it now in apt-get -- thanks, Nils -- but I'd still rather use
synaptic in future.)

  Doc

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