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Extract a deb's files on Mac OS with tar
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extract_deb_filelist.sh
tar -xOf $1 data.tar.xz |tar -tv
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extract_deb_files.sh
tar -xOzf $1 data.tar.xz |tar -x
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dlamblin commented Oct 26, 2017 •
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Other contents are:
debian-binary and control.tar.gz
the first contains a version like 2.0, the second, the following files:
control, metadata lines Package, Version, Architecture, Mainainer, Installed-Size, Recommends, Section, Priority, Multi-Arch, Description
md5sums, some of the files' md5 sums 7b7b7d773a5c4d0add7e9dfcd728e97c usr/bin/run-mailcap
triggers, list of some directories or something interest-noawait /usr/share/applications
conffiles, a list of files that are configuration files
prerm, a pre removal script
postinst, a post installation script

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