RE: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

["Jeremy Gaddis" <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>]

As far as extracting Debian package files ("*.deb's") goes,

I've found the easiest way is to use "alien" (apt-get install

alien) and convert it to a tarball ("*.tar.gz").

 

-jg

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Jeremy L. Gaddis     <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Jiang [mailto:stephenjiang@ieee.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:25 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out.

 

1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find Debian's special commands?

 

2. I have just installed Debian 2.2 r0 (potato), but XF86 did not work (don't have SVGA driver - returned message at first time). So, I used VGA16 driver during XF86Setup (second time), the setup program told me successfully installed XF86 but it failed after I press ok to continue.

 

Thanks for your attention.

 

Regards

Stephen