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DEB files: what are they and how do I open them?

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.deb file type #1: Package for Debian Linux

Deb extension files are primarily seen as packages for the Debian distribution - these are compressed archives for the Debian Linux operating system. Certain archiving tools, like 7-zip, can also unpack the contents of DEB packages.

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deb file is a Unix archive that contains two bzipped or gzipped archives. One of these archives holds the control information and another contains the installable data.

Debian packages are used in Debian based Linux distributions to install software. These packages contain all of the necessary files for a particular software or application, along with metadata such as the software's name, description of its purpose, version number, vendor, checksum, and a list of dependencies necessary for the software to run properly. After the .deb file is downloaded, the software or application can be installed using the dpkg command.

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Debian

Operating system based on the Linux and FreeBSD kernels

.deb file type #2: Apple iPhone Cydia application installation package

The deb file extension is related to application installation package used by Cydia an alternative app store for Apple iPhone.

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The deb file extension is associated with the Cydia. Cydia is an alternative to official App Store in iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Cydia works only on iOS devices that have the Jailbreak.

iPhone Jailbreak (iOS Jailbreak) is process that removes official limitations on iOS devices. One of these limitations is installation of new applications only via Apple App Store.

Cydia uses own application repositories, which contain both types of applications free and pay. Applications in Cydia repositories are not stored as an ipa application file that uses App Store, but in DEB packages. DEB application package uses similar file format as deb Debian package. DEB application package can be extracted in compression utility that supports DEB compression file format.

DEB application files can be also installed to the Jailbreak iPhone (or other JB iOs device) with Cydia via SSH Tunnel.

If you want to install DEB installation package SSH your iPhone. Go to /var/root/Media/Cydia/AutoInstall . Copy the .deb file there and that just reboot iOS device.

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Cydia

An App for jailbroken Apple device

.deb file type #3: MS-DOS debug script

A deb file extension is related to the MS Debug program. A deb file contains debug script.

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The deb file extension is associated with the MS Debug (debug.exe or DEBUG.COM), an assembler, disassembler, or hex dump program allowing users to interactively examine memory contents, available in MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2 systems.

The deb file stores debug script for MS Debug.

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MS-DOS

Old operating system by Microsoft dominant in 1980s

What is the meaning of a file extension?

File extensions are characters that appear after the dot in a computer file's name. For example, the file "unknown-file.deb" has the file extension "deb". This is used to identify which program should open the file or what file type it is.
File extensions help you organize and manage files. They provide a quick and easy way to identify and associate the file type with the appropriate software.

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