Where to get ubuntu source code?

In Ubuntu when you install software using 'apt-get' where are the source code files on your hard drive?

  • Answer:

    apt does not download source files by default, only binary packages. The packages are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives; the contents are installed in various directories, depending on purpose. You can fetch the source for a package by using the command "apt-get source <packagename>." The source tarball will be downloaded to the current directory.

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