How do you open a .deb file?

[mysterytramp]

I have a Debian file, extension .deb. It appears to be some sort of compression and Wikipedia describes it thusly:

Debian packages are standard Unix ar archives that include two gzipped, bzipped or lzmaed tar archives: one that holds the control information and another that contains the data.

Standard and a few non-standard unarchivers don't recognize the format. Any suggestions?

mt

 

[spinnerlys]

Does that help: http://www.osxfaq.com/man/1/dpkg-deb.ws ?

 

[mysterytramp]

Thanks. Worked.

mt