As I stated to Dario earilier, I believe you need to contact the ubuntu-users list, <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org">ubuntuforums.org</a> and irc, as they will be infinitely more helpful in this matter. <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToBuildDebianPackagesFromScratch">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToBuildDebianPackagesFromScratch</a> <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html#contents">http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html#contents</a> Regards, Steven Harms<div>On 7/12/06, Samuel <<a href="mailto:sciyoshi@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">sciyoshi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 <<a href="mailto:thisdyingdream@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">thisdyingdream@gmail.com</a>> 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 <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">packages.ubuntu.com</a> 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 ( <a href="http://irc.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">irc.ubuntu.com</a>) or on > <a href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> www.ubuntuforums.org</a>.  This list is specifically for the development of > ubuntu, and you may actually find more support for your program on the > Ubuntu-users list ( > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a>). > > 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 ( > <a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://wiki.ubuntu.com</a>) as it is a great resource! > > Regards, > > Steven Harms > > > On 7/11/06, Dokuro < <a href="mailto:dario.soto@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> dario.soto@gmail.com</a>> 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). > > > > -- > > ubuntu-devel mailing list > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> > > > > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel </a> > > > </blockquote></div>