On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 00:56 -0400, Lakshmanan MR wrote: > hi, > > I am so interested in Ubuntu and i want to go and see whats under the > hood. So i just want to tweek the ubuntu source code..
This is a common misunderstanding as to the role of Ubuntu - there isn't really much "Ubuntu source code", there's just the code of the various "upstream" projects (GNOME - which is itself composed of many disparate projects, the linux kernel, bzr, etc) that are shipped together to form an Ubuntu install. That said... > Can you please help > I want to..... > 1. obtain the ubuntu source code (not the binaries) .. for each package $PACKAGENAME: apt-get source $PACKAGENAME > 2. build it myself .. cd $PACKAGEDIR; debuild -us -uc > 3. make an iso image out of it .. I don't know this part of our infrastructure. Someone else may pipe up. > 4. put it on a cd With your choice of CD writing software. > 5. boot my system with that cd and install it . As you would any other Ubuntu CD. That said, you probably don't actually want to do this. If you want to modify a particular piece of software, all you need to do is to get the source package (apt-get source $PACKAGENAME), make your change, build it (with debuild or dpkg-buildpackage), then install the package.
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