Deb

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File Format
Name Deb
Ontology
Extension(s) .deb, .udeb
MIME Type(s) application/vnd.debian.binary-package

deb (Debian package) is a file format used for software distribution in Debian and Debian-based[1] Linux platforms. It is actually an AR archive, with content that includes some tar files.

The .udeb files are in the same basic format as .deb, but are considered "micro deb", used for smaller packages with only the most essential files.

Contents

Software

  • dpkg on Wikipedia
  • 7-Zip (shows included, sometimes compressed tarballs, but these files can be opened by the same 7-Zip to reveal contents)

Sample files

DEB

See Search results for .deb that has the format "arArchive" - Discmaster.textfiles.com for sample files.

UDEB

See Search results for .udeb that has the format "arArchive" - Discmaster.textfiles.com for sample files.

Links

References

  1. wikipedia:List_of_Linux_distributions#Debian-based
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