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[REQ] Add support for extracting Debian packages (.deb) #1498

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Bendodroid opened this issue Aug 8, 2024 · 2 comments
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[REQ] Add support for extracting Debian packages (.deb) #1498

Bendodroid opened this issue Aug 8, 2024 · 2 comments
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Bendodroid commented Aug 8, 2024

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

I often work with .deb files and they just appear as the white-page-unkown-file-type-placeholder icon in the Finder.

Describe the solution you'd like

.deb files are just compressed archives with a well-defined layout. I would like to have a nice file icon when Keka is registered as the default uncompressor and for Keka to completely decompress .deb files so I can inspect if the file layout/contents are correct.

Describe alternatives you've considered

I use tools on the command line to achieve the desired effect, but double-clicking the file in the Finder and Keka decompressing all the nested archives in one go would save time.

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gingerbeardman commented Aug 8, 2024

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Bendodroid commented Aug 8, 2024

What command line tools can work with them on macOS?

I just use tar xf foo.deb, as macOS tar links against libarchive which can also decompress ar archives.

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