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Re: unpacking *.deb



on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:06:31PM +0530, kilaru (kilaru@netcontinuum.com) wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I am running Red Hat 7.2 on my m/c
> 
> I downloaded one package from debian. 
> Its name is   foo.deb
> 
> How do I unpack it?

    $ ar -x <deb>

A .deb is an ar archive file with a specified structure.  You should
also find that mc / gmc will read the file format.

Peace.

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