quick question

[Samuel]

Hi,
I think it might be valuable to have somewhere in the documentation
some info on how to get started developing for Ubuntu. The first time
I tried building some packages with apt-get source once, after editing
the source it would complain about not being able to apply patches. A
step-by-step guide would be useful (and would have been useful for
me!). If this does exist could someone point me to it?

Cheers,
Samuel

On 7/11/06, Steven Harms <thisdyingdream at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Glad to see you want to get involved in ubuntu development.  To view the
> source code of almost any package, you can use the apt-get source
> packagename command.  This will download the source for you and unpack the
> file so you can see how everything works.  No special access restrictions
> needed.
>
> Also you can visit packages.ubuntu.com to find a list of software Ubuntu
> offers.  As for creating a mouse application, you may want to start by
> seeing if you can find friends either on #ubuntu ( irc.ubuntu.com) or on
> www.ubuntuforums.org.  This list is specifically for the development of
> ubuntu, and you may actually find more support for your program on the
> Ubuntu-users list (
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users).
>
> If you are serious about developing you might want to give Dapper another
> burn so that you can use the most recent stable libraries when building your
> application(s).  If you have any further questions check the wiki out (
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com) as it is a great resource!
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven Harms
>
>
> On 7/11/06, Dokuro < dario.soto at gmail.com> wrote:
> > first, a big hellol to every ubuntu user, I am Dario Soto and I just
> > reacently added my self to this list, i was wondering a few things, i
> > know there are topics on the page to get started but i have this doubt
> > as how to find the ubuntu code and how do i get acces to it AND where
> > do i ask about it like i am feeling like i might work on a mouse
> > aplication. and second (yeah right second) i can't find the place on
> > the web page where i add a laptop to the list to try it out... and i
> > kinda missed burned the ubuntu 5.10 cd, and i might try the draper
> > drake!... oh well i am really interested on the mouse thing so ...
> > thank you in advance (also the webpage).
> >
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> > ubuntu-devel mailing list
> > ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
> >
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