---
name: "pkg-ruby-get-sources"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ruby-pkg-tools"
version: "0.14"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pkg-ruby-get-sources"
---

# pkg-ruby-get-sources(1)

a tool for retrieve upstream sources for Debian Ruby Packages

## NAME

pkg-ruby-get-sources - a tool for retrieve upstream sources for Debian Ruby Packages

## DESCRIPTION

pkg-ruby-get-source can retrieve upstream source tarballs for Debian Ruby packages that are part of the ruby-pkg-extras.  It is meant for usage with svn-buildpackage where it can retrieve and store the upstream source needed for building in ../tarballs when called from *some pkg*/trunk.

## SYNOPSIS

**pkg-ruby-get-sources** \[*options*\]

## OPTIONS

- **-l**, **--list-available**

  List available packages and versions (does not download).

- **-s**, **--sources=FILE**

  Indicates the FILE to be used as list of sources (defaults to /usr/share/ruby-pkg-tools/pkg-ruby-extras.sources). This option also works with HTTP, HTTPS or FTP URLs.

- **-t**, **--target-directory=DIR**

  Directory DIR to put downloaded tarballs in (defaults to ../tarballs).

- **-h**, **--help**

  Shows this help message.

- **--version**

  Shows version information and exit.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Display verbose information while running.

## SEE ALSO

[svn-buildpackage(1)](/svn-buildpackage/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Paul van Tilburg \<paulvt@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).