Hi Ameer, In order to get the info your looking for you'll need to get the source package for the package your wanting to recompile. You can do this by putting an entry like the following in /etc/apt/sources.list deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free Then to fetch the package do something like: apt-get source package_name Make sure your in an empty directory when you do this because all the files that are downloaded will be placed from with in the directory that you run the apt-get command. Tom On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 11:37:55PM -0400, ameer armaly wrote: > Hi all. > I'm looking for a way to take .deb package and get at it's 'debian' > directory containing the control info. I know you can extract the > control file, but I'm also looking for the ifle information and complete > information to rebuild it. > Any assistance would be appriciated. > > > > Ameer > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
