You can download the .deb file and use the 'ar' command to
extract the arhive:
mkdir package
cd package/
apt-get -d install package.deb
(the file is downloaded to /var/cache/apt/archives/ )
cp /var/cache/apt/archives/package.deb .
ar x *
(this extracts the archived files)
tar zxf archive1.tar.gz
tar zxf archive2.tar.gz
...
You should now have the entire package broken out to files and
the appropriate directory structure.
jc
Thusly Thwacked By Vivek Dasmohapatra:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Alex Kwan wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > How to un-packed a debian kernel image package?
> > (not install, un-packed only)
>
> 'man dpkg':
> dpkg -x | --extract filename directory
> Extract the files contained by package.
>
> 'man apt-get':
> -d, --download-only
> Download only; package files are only retrieved,
> not unpacked or installed.
>
> --
> Vivek
