RE: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread Person, Rod
>>Winzip should be able to take it from there. > > >>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? Is it available on the web? > >>hmm well... with dwww the

Re: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread Rene Hojbjerg Larsen
Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > I guess your home PC can't be acessed from work (ie having it online) > too bad...I need to set mine up (one of these days) to let me tell it > to conenct remotely. xringd is your friend. Just remember that if you have a dynamic IP you need a way to locate your machi

Re: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread David B. Teague
Eric, Are all of .deb files ar archives?I recall having tried to unpack some.deb files with ar, and that didn't work. Whether they are all ar files, what were they before they were archive files? --David On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > My question is, basically, can I

Re: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:06:25PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote: > I am trying to get to grips with Debian, and I'd like to browse through > the documentation. The problem I have is that my Debian PC is at one > home, whereas the PC where I have the most chance to read documentation, > print things out

RE: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread Moore, Paul
>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 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.

Re: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
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

Re: Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > My question is, basically, can I extract files from .deb format packages > on a Windows box? 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 files are `ar' archives, they c

Format of .deb files

1998-10-16 Thread Moore, Paul
I am trying to get to grips with Debian, and I'd like to browse through the documentation. The problem I have is that my Debian PC is at one home, whereas the PC where I have the most chance to read documentation, print things out, follow up references, etc, is at work. My current work PC is Window