pull-lp-source (1)

NAME

pull-lp-source - download a source package from Launchpad

SYNOPSIS

pull-lp-source [options] source package [release|version]

DESCRIPTION

pull-lp-source downloads and extracts the specified version of <source package> from Launchpad, or the latest version of the specified release. To request a version from a particular pocket say release-pocket (with a magic -release for only the release pocket). If no version or release is specified, the latest version in the development release will be downloaded.

OPTIONS

Listed below are the command line options for pull-lp-source:

source package

This is the source package that you would like to be downloaded from Launchpad.

version

This is the version of the source package to be downloaded.

release

This is the release that you would like the source package to be downloaded from. This value defaults to the current development release.

-h, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-d, --download-only

Do not extract the source package.

-m UBUNTU_MIRROR, --mirror=UBUNTU_MIRROR

Use the specified Ubuntu mirror. Should be in the form archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu. If the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-lp-source will fall back to Launchpad, as its name implies.

--no-conf

Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables.

ENVIRONMENT

All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those in configuration files.

DIST

Specifies the default target.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable.

PULL_LP_SOURCE_UBUNTU_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_UBUNTU_MIRROR

The default value for --mirror.

SEE ALSO

dget(1), pull-debian-source(1), pull-debian-debdiff(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5)

AUTHOR

pull-lp-source and this manual page were written by Iain Lane <iain@orangesquash.org.uk>. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.