While attempting to install a deb package on a slackware system I wanted to check the install script that the package runs. I tried the deb2tgz utility but unfortunately that only left me the files in the package in a ready to install .tgz file.
Here’s how to unpack a .deb to obtain both scripts and files:
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1 2 | cd /tmp/somefolder ar x somepackage.deb |
This leaves you with two files:
control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz The first contains the pre and post install scripts and the second contains the files.