From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.49]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUBBM-0004CR-00 for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 17:15:56 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-040scfairp0365.dialsprint.net ([168.192.25.111] helo=odysseus.test.com) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BUBBI-0005MO-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 29 May 2004 14:15:53 -0700 Received: from tom by odysseus.test.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUBBy-0007ui-00 for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 17:16:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 17:16:34 -0400 From: Tom Moore To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040529211634.GA30285@earthlink.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Tom Moore Subject: Re: extracting control info from deb packages X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 21:15:57 -0000 Hi Ameer, In order to get the info your looking for you'll need to get the source package for the package your wanting to recompile. You can do this by putting an entry like the following in /etc/apt/sources.list deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free Then to fetch the package do something like: apt-get source package_name Make sure your in an empty directory when you do this because all the files that are downloaded will be placed from with in the directory that you run the apt-get command. Tom On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:37:55PM -0400, ameer armaly wrote: > Hi all. > I'm looking for a way to take .deb package and get at it's 'debian' > directory containing the control info. I know you can extract the > control file, but I'm also looking for the ifle information and complete > information to rebuild it. > Any assistance would be appriciated. > > > > Ameer > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup