I just tried my trial copy of Winzip 6.3 and it didn't like the .deb extension at all. :)
Dave Hogland, Thomas E. wrote: > > Actually, Winzip (since 6.x anyway) can handle the format fine. It takes a > couple passes, though, and I've had problems sometimes with Linux trying to > read the results, but if the objective is just to unwrap a package to see > what's in there it will work... > > > ---------- > > From: Shaleh[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > He would like to know whether he can also extract DEB files under > > Windoze, > > > possibly from within a graphical (GUI) program. > > > > If Winzip handles ar packed files, then it can be used. a deb is an ar > > package > > containing two tar.gz files. Winzip does handle tar.gz fine. So worst > > case is > > he ar extracts the tar.gz in linux and then looks at the tar.gz in > > Windows. > > -- David E. Scott Ohio Server Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
