One item of note is that SDEB packages are actually just tar.gz archives renamed with an .sdeb file extension with the files organized into a SPECS and SOURCES directory tree structure. Subsequently, an SDEB can also be extracted and installed with the **tar -xvf command** or the files listed with the **tar -tvf command**:
One item of note is that SDEB packages are actually just tar.gz archives renamed with an .sdeb file extension with the files organized into a SPECS and SOURCES directory tree structure. Subsequently, an SDEB can also be extracted and installed with the **tar -xvf command** or the files listed with the **tar -tvf command**:
```sh
```sh
[root@localhost getssl]# tar -tvf /root/debbuild/SDEBS/getssl-2.47-1.sdeb
[root@localhost getssl]$ tar -tvf /root/debbuild/SDEBS/getssl-2.47-1.sdeb