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Re: Self referencing



Hello,

> Everything for both Debian and Red Hat seems self referencing.  How do I
> start using debian packages?...

If you just want to get a single debian package onto a non-debian system,
you can probably use ar. If you do
#	ar x whatever.deb
you'll get three files: a format version file which you can ignore, a
control tarball (with things like INSTall and ReMove scripts) and a data
tarball with the thing itself.

The `file' command is your friend.


HTH

Jiri <jiri@baum.com.au>


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