-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 After dealing with new users over the years, you learn real fast to pick out what people are actually asking, sure, if you read it and take it for what it is, and not what the user actually meant, you are correct.
Take a minute and ask yourself "would this user possibly have a use for a control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz file?" Your answer should be no. It should be clear by the question that the user has no idea what the heck to do with a .deb file. Now if he asked "How can I access the contents of of .deb file" then yes, they may or may not what to access the actual .tar.gz files. Vince Hillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://plutonium.homeunix.com |-----Original Message----- |From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@;ukonline.co.uk] |Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:26 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: Need help ? | |On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 21:22:20 -0500, "Robert L. Harris" |<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> top-posted so I humbly edited it: |>Thus spake Cyberthor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): |> |>> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:15:48 -0800 |>> From: Cyberthor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> Subject: Need help ? |>> X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/244950 |>> |>> Hello |>> How do I open a .deb file in Debian Linux of wvdial~ 1.deb ? |>> thank , Cyber |>> |> |>dpkg -i wvdial~1.deb |> | |That's how you _install_ it. If by "open" you mean "see what's in it" |then ar -x foo.deb extracts control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz which you |can read in the obvious way. See people's replies to my "Fik question |about Debian source packages" and "Manual ldconfig required HELP!!!" |especially the URLs of Debian FAQs therein. | |Pigeon | | |-- |To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact |[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPdNKxkBtW3tWqkVxEQL/JQCg8sZkXfHB/VLnY5C7e2jfbhbf63gAn09x KdCe4Xq1TsZJvvpcR1X9nwHl =qYz6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
