On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca wrote:
I have been able to extract some packages by using tar -zxvf after
renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and
I dont know why).
Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of
AFAIK file should return you a 'debian binary' file format for ipk
packages now.
Duh, it does now indeed. I can see why it can be useful, but for it
would also sometimes be useful to know that it's a subtype of `ar'.
Stefan
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote:
Hi list.
Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine.
man dpkg-deb
I have been able to extract some packages by using tar
On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
r...@sygehus.dk wrote:
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:14AM +0100, Kasper Johansen wrote:
Hi list.
Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
want to install anything - just inspect the package on my
I have been able to extract some packages by using tar -zxvf after
renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and
I dont know why).
Try it with `file': it will usually tell you what kind of file you're
looking at. `ipkg' packages have used various formats over time,
Hi list.
Is it possible to extract a IPK-package (some_package.ipk)? I do not
want to install anything - just inspect the package on my Ubuntu-machine.
I have been able to extract some packages by using tar -zxvf after
renaming the extension to tar.gz - though I cant with all packages (and
I
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data
file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz, which you can untar as usual.
data.tar.gz is meants to be untarred in /, i.e. it contains all folders
up from usr,
For future reference: ar -x some_package.ipk did the trick.
Thank you Gunnar!
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
initially packaged with ar, not tar. Unpacking will give you a meta-data
file plus control.tar.gz. and data.tar.gz,
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen k...@spernj.org wrote:
For future reference: ar -x some_package.ipk did the trick.
Thank you Gunnar!
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
initially packaged with ar, not tar.
Risto H. Kurppa wrote:
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kasper Johansen k...@spernj.org wrote:
For future reference: ar -x some_package.ipk did the trick.
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote:
.ipk are like debian (or indeed ubuntu) packages, i.e. they are
initially packaged with ar, not
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