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. > > Unfortunately, dpkg --unpack complains about root > access just as --install does. BOO! > > I just want the thing unrolled, that's it. > > How do I do this? Help page turns up nothing. > > Thanks!
ar x <packagename.deb>