Where do I get the Ubuntu code

Thilo Six T.Six at gmx.de
Mon Sep 18 12:07:04 UTC 2006


Vincent Trouilliez wrote the following on 18.09.2006 13:50:

>>> I have to correct you. ;)
>> ...and now i have to correct myself.
> 
> :-)

> Vince

I am still wondering if it is not better to recommend to install the
"linux-source" package.

<-------------------------------------------------------------
# aptitude install linux-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
The following NEW packages will be automatically installed:
  binutils [2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1] cpp [4:4.0.3-1] cpp-4.0
[4.0.3-1ubuntu5] gcc [4:4.0.3-1]
  gcc-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu5] libc6-dev [2.3.6-0ubuntu20] libmudflap0
[4.0.3-1ubuntu5]
  libmudflap0-dev [4.0.3-1ubuntu5] linux-kernel-headers [2.6.11.2-0ubuntu18]
  linux-source-2.6.15 [2.6.15-26.47] make [3.80+3.81.b4-1]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  binutils [2.16.1cvs20060117-1ubuntu2.1] cpp [4:4.0.3-1] cpp-4.0
[4.0.3-1ubuntu5] gcc [4:4.0.3-1]
  gcc-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu5] libc6-dev [2.3.6-0ubuntu20] libmudflap0
[4.0.3-1ubuntu5]
  libmudflap0-dev [4.0.3-1ubuntu5] linux-kernel-headers
[2.6.11.2-0ubuntu18] linux-source [2.6.15.24]
  linux-source-2.6.15 [2.6.15-26.47] make [3.80+3.81.b4-1]
0 packages upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 53.1MB of archives. After unpacking 78.0MB will be used.
------------------------------------------------------------->

for developing kernel things this seems to cover quite everything
needed - including linux source code.


Can someone shed light on this and tell the difference between those two?

bye Thilo
-- 
i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE
- some friend of mine

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