On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 01:51:00PM +0200, Johan wrote: > Hi list members, > > Bit new to Debian. > > Up to now I only new and read of *.deb files only. > > Now while trying to learn more about Debian I find a lot of *.udeb files on the > cd's. > > On disc 1 there is 1038 .deb files & 145 .udeb files. > > Kindly please what is the difference .. etc. > udeb is a transliteration of micro-deb (since u is the closest Roman letter to the Greek mu). They are debs that are used in places like the installer and do not necessarily meet all the policy requirements that a normal deb would. Generally you will never need to mess with them unless you are making/customizing a Debian installer. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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