On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:31:17PM -0800, jekillen wrote: > Hello; > I just downloaded the file > debian-reference-en_1.11_all.deb > from the Debian site. What is this; > a zipped archive file?
no, its a .deb, or debian package file. I think it is a kind of zip archive, though I've never bothered to check. > It is supposed > to be english html version of Debian reference. > If it is a tarball, should I rename it so tar can > extract it? don't rename it, just dpkg -i debian-reference-en_1.11_all.deb or do apt-get install debian-reference-en to have apt install it for you (you can rm the .deb). A
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