Extract files from DEB package
Some day ago, I wrote about RPM extraction, today I need content of DEB packcage, on the contrary of rpm systems debian package manager allow to extract natively by this command: #dpkg-deb -x somepackage.i386.deb But my problem is different, I not using Debian sytem, fortunately DEB files are “ar” archives, which contain three files: debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz first, extract “ar” archive with this simple command: # ar vx somepackage.i386.deb then extract the contents of data.tar.gz using tar: ...