On Oct 16, 2020, at 9:41 AM, Greg Swallow <gswal...@mchsi.com> wrote: > "ar x mComm_1.2_all,deb" ends up at another command prompt. From what I can > tell does not “open” the .deb file
Hi Greg, A .deb file is an archive (similar in concept to a ZIP file) that contains a couple of tar files. Running the "ar" command should result in at least two files being created: control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz. If that doesn't happen, you may have a bad copy of the deb file (although I'd expect the command to make noise). Note that as a very old school UNIX command, "ar" will produce no visible indicator that it succeeded and will emit messages only if it fails. Just look in the directory and I hope you will find the tar files there. Within the data tar file is the script itself and the attendant bits. I hope this helps! If Kurt gives his consent, I could post a repackaged version that is slightly easier to install on non-Debian systems.
