On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:06:25PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote: > My question is, basically, can I extract files from .deb format packages > on a Windows box?
Probably, though I don't know how much work is involved. > 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(5) documents the format. Basically, it's an ar(1) archive containing tar.gz archives. > If not, is there any other way I can browse the documentation (/usr/doc, > /usr/man, /usr/info) for debian while not actually at a PC with debian > running? Perhaps setting up a dwww server is an option. (see http://dwww.jimpick.com/) > Is it available on the web? See http://dwww.jimpick.com/dwww/ for a demo. HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with auto- destructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it'll be someone else's bones which go crack and not their own. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan