Re: few questions about .deb

[Damon Muller <dm-debian-user@empire.net.au>]

Quoth M G Berberich, 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a few questions about Debian-packages:
> 
> - Is there an easy way (not ar+tar) to see what files a package will
>   install bevor it is installed? (after install 'dpkg -L' will do it)

eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe`

less filename.deb

is one way...

cheers,

damon

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