> > My question is, basically, can I extract files from .deb format packages > on a Windows box? Presumably, .deb files are internally some form of > tar/cpio archive - can I get at the tar so that I can unpack it (I have > Windows gzip, tar, etc utilities). >
deb files are `ar' archives, they contain gzipped tar files, one of which contains the data, and another one contains the control scripts. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
