Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Cc: debianspammagnet@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?
From: Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:22:43 -0500
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Matt Zimmerman wrote:

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On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:02:27AM -0800, Debs Spammagnet wrote:

I've been trying to de-deb a .deb file without root
permission. I just want to unwrap the file like a tar
file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want to
UNPACK it like i might a TAR file.


Well, then use tar. :)

ar -pf some.deb data.tar.gz | tar xzf -

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