On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Walter Tautz wrote:
> > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to > > > install it first? > > > > > > I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it > > > would be useful if it were present. Would it be that hard to implement > > > this? > > > > dpkg-deb manipulates package archives. It comes with dpkg so should > > already be on your system. Do `man dpkg-deb' and look in particular at > > the -c switch. > > > > Midnight Commander will also do what you want. Select the .deb file and > > press <return>. > > > > Brian. > > > You could also run ar t <file>.deb on any unix system that has `ar' command. > If you want to extract the files do ar x <file>.deb. > > -walter > > You can also use apt-cache, ex. "apt-cache show lilo" to show the content of lilo package
