Re: view package contents w/o installing
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Walter Tautz wrote:
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> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Brian Potkin wrote:
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> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> > > install it first?
> > >
> > > I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it
> > > would be useful if it were present. Would it be that hard to implement
> > > this?
> >
> > dpkg-deb manipulates package archives. It comes with dpkg so should
> > already be on your system. Do `man dpkg-deb' and look in particular at
> > the -c switch.
> >
> > Midnight Commander will also do what you want. Select the .deb file and
> > press <return>.
> >
> > Brian.
> >
> You could also run ar t <file>.deb on any unix system that has `ar' command.
> If you want to extract the files do ar x <file>.deb.
>
> -walter
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>
You can also use apt-cache,
ex. "apt-cache show lilo" to show the content
of lilo package
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