How to extract deb package
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.