Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 06:22:43PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >(this is debian-user; please read the descriptions of the various lists)
> >
> >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 -
Works for now, but not guaranteed to in future.
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Jon Dowland
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