Extracting deb packages

10-04-2010, 06:39 PM

Hi,
what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb package?
Many thanks,
Christian

10-04-2010, 06:40 PM

On 4 October 2010 20:39, Christian <christian08@runbox.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb package?
> Many thanks,
> Christian
pacman -S deb2targz
$ deb2targz archive.deb

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andreascarpino.it
Arch Linux Developer

10-04-2010, 06:43 PM

On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:39:10 +0200, "Christian"
<christian08@runbox.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract
> a .deb package?

You should be able to extract a deb. package with ar:
ar xv package.deb

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Marlo Ehrlich

10-04-2010, 06:49 PM

Am 04.10.2010 20:39, schrieb Christian:
> Hi,
> what is the most easiest and convenient way in the console to extract a .deb package?
> Many thanks,
> Christian
>
>

deb2targz