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Development setup for ubuntu

Asked by Anand

Hello All,

I am Ubuntu user and willing to contribute my programming skills. But I am not quite clear on how to get the development environment setup. Is it project specific or is there a environment setup thats pretty much common to most projects? I want to start working on projects that offer mentoring and gradually gain momentum. I am sure many of you crossed the state in which I am. So any help in this regard is greatly appreciated. Any pointers to wiki pages or tips will be helpful.

Thanks and regards,
Anand.

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Best Philip Wyett (philwyett) said : 		#1

You may wish to start reading and following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Fantastic, sounds all good and mentoring is available. Welcome to linux, especially to our corner of it :)

Regards from
Tom :)

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Simeon Visser (svisser) said : 		#3

You could also look at GnomeLove which "aims to help people who want to get started contributing to GNOME". It has also tagged bugs that can be easily fixed by new developers (a good way to get to know the code base):

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove

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Anand (anand.arumug) said : 		#4

Thanks Philip Wyett, that solved my question.

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Anand (anand.arumug) said : 		#5

Hello All! Thanks a lot for your replies and thanks for extending your welcome.

Philip the link you provided was the one I was looking for getting the setup. And Simeon, thanks man. I visited the web page and I will get in touch with you in case I need any help in starting.

Happy open-sourcing!

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

Another one today too :)
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/61919