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Re: extract a deb package ?



Attila Csosz <acsosz@mail.datanet.hu> writes:
> How could I extract ( like unzip ) a deb package to a directory?
> I wouldn't install it. I'd like to get a file from it.

*.deb files are simply ar archives, like *.a libraries. To extract:

ar x file.deb

The files are actually contained in a gzip'd tar file within the deb
file. 

Gary


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