# phpman > man > DGET(1) > **TLDR:** Download Debian packages. > - 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|--download-only}} {{http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/h/haskell-tldr/haskell-tldr_0.4.0-2.dsc}}` *Source: tldr-pages* --- [DGET(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DGET/1/markdown) [DGET(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DGET/1/markdown) ## NAME dget - Download Debian source and binary packages ## SYNOPSIS **dget** [_options_] _URL_ ... **dget** [_options_] [**--all**] _package_[**=**_version_] ... ## DESCRIPTION **dget** downloads Debian packages. In the first form, **dget** fetches the requested URLs. If this is a .dsc or .changes file, then **dget** acts as a source-package aware form of **wget**: it also fetches any files referenced in the .dsc/.changes file. The downloaded source is then checked with **dscverify** and, if successful, unpacked by **dpkg-source**. In the second form, **dget** downloads a _binary_ package (i.e., a _.deb_ file) from the Debian mirror configured in /etc/apt/sources.list(.d). Unlike **apt-get** **install** **-d**, it does not require root privileges, writes to the current directory, and does not download dependencies. If a version number is specified, this version of the package is requested. With **--all**, the list of all binaries for the source package _package_ is extracted from the output of "apt-cache showsrc package". In both cases dget is capable of getting several packages and/or URLs at once. (Note that _.udeb_ packages used by debian-installer are located in separate packages files from _.deb_ packages. In order to use _.udebs_ with **dget**, you will need to have configured **apt** to use a packages file for _component_/_debian-installer_). Before downloading files listed in .dsc and .changes files, and before downloading binary packages, **dget** checks to see whether any of these files already exist. If they do, then their md5sums are compared to avoid downloading them again unnecessarily. **dget** also looks for matching files in _/var/cache/apt/archives_ and directories given by the **--path** option or specified in the configuration files (see below). Finally, if downloading (.orig).tar.gz or .diff.gz files fails, dget consults **apt-get** **source** **--print-uris**. Download backends used are **curl** and **wget**, looked for in that order. **dget** was written to make it easier to retrieve source packages from the web for sponsor uploads. For checking the package with **debdiff**, the last binary version is available via **dget** _package_, the last source version via **apt-get** **source** _package_. ## OPTIONS ### -a --all Interpret _package_ as a source package name, and download all binaries as found in the output of "apt-cache showsrc _package_". If _package_ is arch-qualified, then only binary packages which are "Arch: all", "Arch: any", or "Arch: $arch" will be downloaded. ### -b --backup Move files that would be overwritten to _./backup_. ### -q --quiet Suppress **wget**/**curl** non-error output. ### -d --download-only Do not run **dpkg-source** **-x** on the downloaded source package. This can only be used with the first method of calling **dget**. ### -x --extract Run **dpkg-source** **-x** on the downloaded source package to unpack it. This option is the default and can only be used with the first method of calling **dget**. ### -u --allow-unauthenticated Do not attempt to verify the integrity of downloaded source packages using **dscverify**. ### --build Run **dpkg-buildpackage** **-b** **-uc** on the downloaded source package. **--path** _DIR_[**:**_DIR_ ...] In addition to _/var/cache/apt/archives_, **dget** uses the colon-separated list given as argument to **--path** to find files with a matching md5sum. For example: "--path /srv/pbuilder/result:/home/cb/UploadQueue". If DIR is empty (i.e., "--path ''" is specified), then any previously listed directories or directories specified in the configuration files will be ignored. This option may be specified multiple times, and all of the directories listed will be searched; hence, the above example could have been written as: "--path /srv/pbuilder/result --path /home/cb/UploadQueue". ### --insecure Allow SSL connections to untrusted hosts. ### --no-cache Bypass server-side HTTP caches by sending a **Pragma:** **no-cache** header. ### -h --help Show a help message. ### -V --version Show version information. ## CONFIGURATION VARIABLES The two configuration files _/etc/devscripts.conf_ and _~/.devscripts_ are sourced by a shell in that order to set configuration variables. Command line options can be used to override configuration file settings. Environment variable settings are ignored for this purpose. The currently recognised variable is: **DGET**___**PATH** This can be set to a colon-separated list of directories in which to search for files in addition to the default _/var/cache/apt/archives_. It has the same effect as the **--path** command line option. It is not set by default. **DGET**___**UNPACK** Set to 'no' to disable extracting downloaded source packages. Default is 'yes'. **DGET**___**VERIFY** Set to 'no' to disable checking signatures of downloaded source packages. Default is 'yes'. ## EXAMPLES Download all _.deb_ files for the previous version of a package and run **debdiff** on them: dget --all mypackage=1.2-1 debdiff --from *_1.2-1_*.deb --to *_1.2-2_*.deb ## BUGS AND COMPATIBILITY **dget** _package_ should be implemented in **apt-get** **install** **-d**. Before devscripts version 2.10.17, the default was not to extract the downloaded source. Set DGET_UNPACK=no to revert to the old behaviour. ## AUTHOR This program is Copyright (C) 2005-2013 by Christoph Berg <>. Modifications are Copyright (C) 2005-06 by Julian Gilbey <>. This program is licensed under the terms of the GPL, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ## SEE ALSO [**apt-get**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt-get/1/markdown), [**curl**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/curl/1/markdown), [**debcheckout**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debcheckout/1/markdown), [**debdiff**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debdiff/1/markdown), [**dpkg-source**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-source/1/markdown), [**wget**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/wget/1/markdown) Debian Utilities 2026-03-04 [DGET(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DGET/1/markdown)