On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 11:26:04PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 11:42:05AM -0700, Stephen nyc wrote: > > I'm actually looking for the installation and > > configuration documentation in the package ipmasq.deb. > > I want to have it read and noted before I even try to > > install debian and set it up. > > i've had occasion to wish i could've read the package documents > BEFORE downloading and installing, as well. afaict, debian.org > doesn't accomodate that.
You can always download the deb file, and then issue the following command dpkg-deb -x <package-name>.deb <target-dir> For example, to look at the contents of my latest version of bash: dpkg-deb -x bash_2.04-7_i386.deb /tmp which will create a /tmp/bin, /tmp/usr, and /tmp/etc which then in turn contains all of the files and directories in the bash deb. Other options inside depkg-deb will give you access to individual files and packing lists for the deb.
