Thanks Justin and Eric, ar vx FileName.deb works like a charm, a data.tar.gz is extracted to current dir, and can be renamed.
Just learnt that dpkg --extract calls dpkg-deb. This needs a target dir ... works fine, otherwise. USM Bish On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 07:33:45AM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 09:08:41PM +0530, USM Bish wrote: > > I am looking for an alternate method of extracting > > basic .tar.gz component from a debian package (.deb). > > Alien often fails in this process, though the reverse > > usually works fine. > > ar -x > > or > > dpkg --extract > > or > > dpkg-deb --extract > > -- > Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
