Brian K Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will Lowe writes: > >I need to extract JUST ONE of the files in a .deb .... > > The only way I know is to use ar to pull the data.tar.gz from the .deb > and then untar the file from that. > > [...] > > There may be others?
The 'official' way to do this is: dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile | tar xvf - <filename> It's basically the same as the method you listed, but makes fewer assumptions about the format of the .deb file. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
