What apt incantations do I need to use to download the source packages for all the installed packages into a directory? (The use case is GPL compliance when giving an installed Ubuntu system to another person along with a computer.)
Try this..
Create a directory where you want the source for all installed packages to be downloaded, and enter it.
mkdir source; cd source
Create a file named getsource.sh
#!/bin/bash
dpkg --get-selections | while read line
do
package=`echo $line | awk '{print $1}'`
mkdir $package
cd $package
apt-get -q source $package
cd ..
done
Make it executable.
chmod a+x getsource.sh
Execute it..
./getsource.sh
And go grab a cup of coffee :)
