RE: how to extract *.deb files, etc.

[Jeremy Gaddis]

As far as extracting Debian package files ("*.deb's") goes, I've found the easiest way is to use "alien" (apt-get install alien) and convert it to a tarball ("*.tar.gz").   -jg -- Jeremy L. Gaddis     <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Jiang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:25 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: how to extract *.deb files, etc. I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out.   1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find Debian's special commands?   2. I have just installed Debian 2.2 r0 (potato), but XF86 did not work (don't have SVGA driver - returned message at first time). So, I used VGA16 driver during XF86Setup (second time), the setup program told me successfully installed XF86 but it failed after I press ok to continue.   Thanks for your attention.   Regards Stephen