On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 06:22:43PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > Matt Zimmerman wrote: > >(this is debian-user; please read the descriptions of the various lists) > > > >On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:02:27AM -0800, Debs Spammagnet wrote: > > > >>I've been trying to de-deb a .deb file without root > >>permission. I just want to unwrap the file like a tar > >>file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want to > >>UNPACK it like i might a TAR file. > >> > > Well, then use tar. :) > > ar -pf some.deb data.tar.gz | tar xzf -
Works for now, but not guaranteed to in future. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
