dget (utility to download debian sources) dget is part of Debian package called "devscripts" and is a tool to get debian binary packages or sources in CLI mode. For simple usage: dget -x -u DEBIAN|UBUNTU_URL/package.dsc, like: $ dget -x -u http://http.debian.net/../../../../../devscripts_2.15.9.dsc The sources and patches will download and extracted on current location. NOTE: On Debian systems dget also can build packages.