Hi, On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:02:27AM -0800, Debs Spammagnet wrote: > I've been trying to de-deb a .deb file without root > permission. I just want to unwrap the file like a tar > file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want to > UNPACK it like i might a TAR file. ar x packagename_nnnnn.deb (yes, that is "ar", not "tar") debian-users is a more appropriate place for these questions, though. -Ralf. --