1 .\" Hey, Emacs! This is an -*- nroff -*- source file.
2 .\" Author: Raul Miller
3 .TH DEB 8 "29th November 1995" "Debian Project" "Debian GNU/Linux"
5 deb - Debian GNU/Linux package format
9 Debian archive file format.
10 Version 0.93 is implemented as follows:
19 number of characters occupied by control area expressed in decimal,
24 compressed gzipped ustar formatted archive. Must contain file named
26 May optionally contain files named:
34 compressed gzipped ustar formatted archive. [with file structures
35 designed to be unpacked in the root directory].
37 The files represented in the control area have special significance:
44 a line delimited list of "configuration files" which have special
49 an executable to be run before unpacking the archived files.
52 an executable to be run before removing files from a prior installation.
55 an executable to be run after unpacking the archived files.
58 an executable to be run after removing files from a prior
62 There is a new package format, which is not documented here.