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Before installing it, I'm curious about how much information I can get just by analyzing the debian package.

I would love to know exactly what is going to be installed and where.

is this possible?

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answered 2 Years ago kilusy · Accepted Answer

If you want this from the commandline, use dpkg-deb:

dpkg-deb --extract some-package.deb /directory/to/unpack



dpkg-deb --control some-package.deb /directory/to/unpack/DEBIAN

This should leave a directory structure similar to what you'd be able to see in gdebi.