dget
Debian package and source downloader
TLDR
Download a binary package
$ dget [package]
Download and extract source from .dsc$ dget [http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/package/package_1.0.dsc]
Download only without extracting$ dget -d [http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/package/package_1.0.dsc]
SYNOPSIS
dget [options] url|package
DESCRIPTION
dget downloads Debian packages. It can download binary packages from repositories or source packages from .dsc URLs. When given a .dsc URL, it fetches all source components and optionally extracts them.
Part of the devscripts package, commonly used for package development.
PARAMETERS
-d, --download-only
Download without extracting-u, --unsigned
Don't verify signatures-x
Extract source package-b
Only get .orig.tar if necessary
CAVEATS
Requires network access. Source package downloads require valid GPG signatures unless -u is used. Part of devscripts.
SEE ALSO
apt-get(8), dpkg-source(1), debuild(1)