On Wednesday, Mar 21st 2007 at 21:50 -0400, quoth Paul Lussier: => =>> On Wednesday 21 March 2007 12:06 pm, Steven W. Orr wrote: =>>> I need to see the list of files in an uninstalled package. The rpm equiv =>>> would be => =>"Michael ODonnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: => =>> ar tv somePackage.deb # What's in the .deb ? => =>Neil Joseph Schelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: => =>> Install apt-file, which will build a searchable index of all files =>> in the APT repositories. => =>"Seth Cohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: => =>> all debs have a file which is generated upon installation: =>> =>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/[packagename].list =>> =>> Just view that, and it's the list of what files are(were) in the package. => =>Oh, and if you *have* the .deb, there's also: => => dpkg-deb --contents package.deb => => =>Among other things, dpkg-deb is really just a nice wrapper around ar and tar. Use the following options: => => --extract, -x, --vextract, -X => Extracts the filesystem tree from a package archive into the => specified directory. => => --vextract (-X) prints a listing of the files extracted as it => goes, while --extract (-x) is silent unless an error occurs. => => Note that extracting a package to the root directory will not => result in a correct installation! Use dpkg to install packages. => => --fsys-tarfile => Extracts the filesystem tree data from a binary package and => sends it to standard output in tar format. Together with tar(1) => this can be used to extract a particular file from a package => archive. => =>For those still reading this thread and who may care, here's a list of =>dpkg and apt related commands currently installed on my home system: => => apt apt-file apt-key => apt-cache apt-ftparchive apt-rdepends => apt-cdrom apt-get apt-show-versions => apt-config apt-index-watcher apt-sortpkgs => apt-extracttemplates aptitude => => dpkg-architecture dpkg-genbuilddeps dpkg-reconfigure => dpkg-buildpackage dpkg-genchanges dpkg-scanpackages => dpkg-checkbuilddeps dpkg-gencontrol dpkg-scansources => dpkg-deb dpkg-name dpkg-shlibdeps => dpkg-depcheck dpkg-parsechangelog dpkg-source => dpkg-distaddfile dpkg-preconfigure dpkg-split => dpkg-divert dpkg-query dpkg-statoverride => =>One of the *really* nice things about debian is how they've managed to =>replace a nice small tool like rpm with about 50 *different* tools all =>with somewhat overlapping capabilities, arcane and difficult to =>remember names, and strange options. Oh, and all of these tools must =>be installed individually and seperately... Yes, a major coup for the =>debian folks there! ;)
Paul, I'm really glad you wrote this. I'm as good any anyone with rpm but for the life of me I've been struggling with deb files. I just wasn't getting the docs I wanted, couldn't find the functionality I wanted, but now at least I have an idea of why, and how to correct the problem, if I actually want or have to. Your mail is now saved. -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
