Re: extract a deb package ?

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

On 14 Mar 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote:

> 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. 

You can also use "dpkg-deb" to get at the individual pieces of a
package, check the man page for details.


later,

	Bruce