On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, ron wagner wrote: > How do I unpack .deb packages on SuSE? > For instance, I think I need to unpack > dpkg_1.10.28_i386.deb, so I can unpack the other > utilities so I can use netselect and wget to download > the Debian 3.1 DVDs so I can install Debian. It's > kind of a Catch-22 for me. You *don't* need a Debian DVD to install Debian. The netinstall iso image (which is about 100Mb) is enough to start the install process.