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=== dpkg-deb -- Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool === * https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/dpkg/dpkg-deb.1.en.html '''dpkg-deb''' packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives. Use '''dpkg''' to install and remove packages from your system. ==== which files are included? will be created from this package file? ==== <pre>$ dpkg-deb --contents PACKAGE.deb</pre> ==== what's the official package name? ==== <pre>$ dpkg-deb --info PACKAGE.deb</pre> ==== what is the content of the ctrl-tarfile you can extract from PACKAGE.deb? ==== <pre>$ dpkg-deb --ctrl-tarfile PACKAGE.deb | tar tvf - drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2018-08-27 17:39 ./ -rw-r--r-- root/root 21773 2018-08-27 17:39 ./md5sums -rw-r--r-- root/root 229 2018-08-27 17:39 ./control -rw-r--r-- root/root 1071 2018-08-27 17:36 ./conffiles -rwxr-xr-x root/root 1228 2018-08-27 17:39 ./postinst</pre> * PACKAGE.deb contains a tarball (ctrl-tarfile). * the tarball contains ... . ==== what conffiles does PACKAGE.deb contain? ==== <pre>$ dpkg-deb --ctrl-tarfile PACKAGE.deb | tar xf - --to-stdout ./conffiles</pre> * PACKAGE.deb contains a tarball (ctrl-tarfile), * the tarball contains ./conffiles, * ./conffiles is only a list of what is to be treated as conffiles, it does not contain the conffiles themselves, they are an ordinary part of PACKAGE.deb
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