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How to extract deb package

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Debian packages are regular ar 102 archives. They contains three files: debian-binary : regular text file, contains the version of the deb package format control.tar.gz : compressed file, contains file md5sums and control directory for the deb package data.tar.gz : compressed file, contains all the files which will be installed To unpack a .deb archive you can use following ar command: ar x example.deb If you are using a Debian based distribution or you have dpkg installed, you can also use dpkg to extract/unpack deb package without installing in your system: dpkg -x package.deb /tmp/out   If you are using a Debian based distribution or you have dpkg installed, you can also use dpkg to extract/unpack deb package without installing in your system: dpkg -x package.deb /tmp/out   You have to provide directory for unpack at the last parameter of the command. When command finished, you will see the deb package contents in /tmp/out directory.  

How to change default kernel in grub

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I'm running Debian Jessie with kernel version 4.5. Today I just install an older 3.18 kernel but I couldn't make it default. When I look at the /boot/grub/grub.cfg I can see that it is located under   Debian GNU/Linux menu as a submenu of named     Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.18.25.jessiemptcp . I know that there is a configuration option named GRUB_DEFAULT=0 in /etc/default/grub . What is the correct format or number to change default kernel as a submenu entry? Solution: You can use > character and numbers to select a submenu entry as default. 0 refers to first menu entry in grub. If parent of subentries starts from index 1 and you want to boot from third submenu entry as default (so that index number is 2 ), you need to change GRUB_DEFAULT variable as below: GRUB_DEFAULT = "1>2" Please note that, there are no space characters before or after > But, it is hard to describe submenu entry selection with numbers. There is another

New Chakra 2017.03 Goedel is released

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The default graphical installer of Chakra is Calamares, which is now updated to 3.0.1.91.This update is not the latest version of Calamares i.e. Calamares 3.1.But yes, compared to the previous Chakra release with this updated installer now users have the ability to install. Chakra on Btrfs and LUKS encrypted partition systems. Well, not only the options of installation has now a broadway but also security wise it is a much welcome addition. Along with this, there are many bugs fixed in this update and partitioning, managing the partitions are a breeze now. Thanks to Calamares for their appreciable work. Updated KDE Softwares and Packages This latest release comes with KDE Plasma 5.9.2, KDE Frameworks 5.31, Applications 16.12.2.And along with this the Home-grown theme for plasma desktop named as Heritage, by Chakra team themselves has received an impressive and beautiful update as well  New dialogue window, updated icons, updated ssdm 0.14.0 theme, and the breeze them i