What is the difference between .deb and .bz2?
- Extension
- .deb
- .bz2
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- Debian Project
- Julian Seward
- Description
- A DEB file is a standard Unix archive that contains two bzipped or gzipped archives, one for the installer control information and another for the actual installable data. DEB files are often used for software installation packages.
- An archive file developed by Bzip2 compressor mainly found on Unix OS. Its popularly used to move Linux application packages because of its high-level compression algorithms i.e. the Burrows-Wheeler compression and Run-Length Encoding (RLE).
- MIME Type
- application/x-debian-package
- application/x-bzip2
- Sample
- sample.bz2
- Wikipedia
- .deb on Wikipedia
- .bz2 on Wikipedia