dget Command Examples

Download Debian packages. More information: https://manned.org/dget.1.

• Download a binary package:

dget {{package}}

• Download and extract a package source from its .dsc file:

dget {{http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/haskell-tldr/haskell-tldr_0.4.0-2.dsc}}

• Download a package source tarball from its .dsc file but don't extract it:

dget -d {{http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/haskell-tldr/haskell-tldr_0.4.0-2.dsc}}