Re: unpacking *.deb

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:06:31PM +0530, kilaru wrote: > I am running Red Hat 7.2 on my m/c > > I downloaded one package from debian. > Its name is foo.deb > > How do I unpack it? Karsten posed real answer using "ar". There is a easy way if Redhat packaged mc (midnight commander) properly.

Re: unpacking *.deb

On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:06:31PM +0530, kilaru wrote: > I am running Red Hat 7.2 on my m/c > > I downloaded one package from debian. > Its name is foo.deb > > How do I unpack it? If I am correct the package "alien" is available for redhat. You should be able to convert foo.deb to foo.rpm

Re: unpacking *.deb

on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:06:31PM +0530, kilaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All > > I am running Red Hat 7.2 on my m/c > > I downloaded one package from debian. > Its name is foo.deb > > How do I unpack it? $ ar -x A .deb is an ar archive file with a specified structure. You shou

unpacking *.deb

Hi All I am running Red Hat 7.2 on my m/c I downloaded one package from debian. Its name is foo.deb How do I unpack it? Thanks Bye Kilaru