On Mon 07 Mar 2016 at 16:19:37 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > L'octidi 18 ventôse, an CCXXIV, Brian a écrit : > > 2. Unpack the .deb for the firmware you want: > > > > ar -x /cdrom/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/<your_firmware.deb> > > > > 3. Uncompress data.tar.xz: > > > > unxz data.tar.xz > > > > 4. Install the firmware in /lib/firmware: > > > > tar xvf data.tar > > What is the point of doing three steps with intermediate files when a single > step is enough?
It makes things clearer for someone who doesn't mind doing step-by-step processes. Walking before running springs to mind. > For decompressing and detaring, everybody knows how to use a pipe: > > unxz < data.tar.xz | tar x > > With GNU tar, "tar xJ" will call unxz automatically, and if the input is a > file, "tar xf" will detect the compression. I'm positive this is good advice. Thanks for posting it. > Furthermore, dpkg provides tools to handle deb packages: > > dpkg --fsys-tarfile /path/to/file.deb | tar x You've tried using dpkg from a console in the installer at the install stage we are considering? Feel free to report back on your experience.
