Re: question (fwd)
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>From jdassen Sat Sep 2 15:57:23 1995
Subject: Re: question
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Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:57:23 +0200 (MDT)
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> Is there a way to view the contents of a *.deb package prior to installing it?
Yes. You can use "dpkg-deb --contents foo.deb" to look into foo.deb.
> The reason for the question is: I needed to uuencode a file and "uuencode" was
> not to be found. I assume that it is in one of the *.deb packages which I
> haven't installed yet.
It is in the "sharutils" package.
Regards,
Ray
--
ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old.
I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking
his name in vain.
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
--
ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old.
I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking
his name in vain.
- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
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