source package

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source package - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  source package
  
     <software> A collection (usually an archive file) containing
     all the files necessary to build and modify a piece of
     software.
  
     A Debian source package includes the original source archive
     (.orig.tar.gz), Debianisation diffs
     (-<debian-version>.diff.gz) and a Debian source control file
     (-<debian-version>.dsc).
  
     (2000-05-31)