where do I find source packages?

[Bill Marcum]

On 2009-09-23, robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
> hi there,
> I would like to install squid version 2.6 on  Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS.
>
> now I understan, that I have to install it from source.
> where do I get the source from?
> does ubuntu keep a repository from where I can download it, or do I 
> go to squid?
>
The Ubuntu repository contains the source code of the same version of
squid that is packaged in binary form. "apt-get build-dep squid" gets
other source packages that are required to compile that version of squid,
which may be useful if you want to compile a newer squid from upstream.